Perkinsus is a genus of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa. The genus was erected in 1978 to better treat its type species, Perkinsus marinus, known formerly as Dermocystidium marinum.[1] These are parasitic protozoans that infect molluscs, at least some of which cause disease and mass mortality. P. marinus is the most notorious, causing the disease perkinsosis, or dermo, in wild and farmed oysters.[2]
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Perkinsus is a genus of alveolates in the phylum Perkinsozoa. The genus was erected in 1978 to better treat its type species, Perkinsus marinus, known...
the class Perkinsea within Alveolata. Levine only included one genus, Perkinsus, described in the same publication. Later, the same author treated this...
that can affect either farmed C. virginica or C. gigas oysters include Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) and Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX). However, C. virginica...
contrast to true Apicomplexa and Perkinsus, which typically produce many more daughter cells during reproduction - Perkinsus species can produce up to 32...
include free-living members in Oxyrrhis and Colponema, and parasites in Perkinsus, Parvilucifera, Rastrimonas and the ellobiopsids. In 2001, direct amplification...
Syndiniales and Oxyrrhis are distantly related to the dinoflagellates. Perkinsus marinus and the Apicomplexa both have histones while the dinoflagellates...
among a group called the alveolates. Several related flagellates, such as Perkinsus and Colpodella, have structures similar to the polar ring and were formerly...
presence of histones in one of the closest relative to dinoflagellates, Perkinsus marinus and an early-branching dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp. However...
phylum Perkinsozoa, a sister group to the dinoflagellates. It includes Perkinsus species, which are parasitic protozoans, some of which cause disease and...
of much ongoing research. "Dermo" is caused by a protozoan parasite (Perkinsus marinus). It is a prevalent pathogen, causes massive mortality, and poses...
relatives to dinokaryotic dinoflagellates appear to be apicomplexans, Perkinsus, Parvilucifera, syndinians, and Oxyrrhis. Molecular phylogenies are similar...
resistance against co-occurring parasites Haplosporidium nelson (MSX) and Perkinsus marinus (Dermo). They achieved dual resistance to the disease in four...
Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff, 1888, while D. marinum has been reclassified as Perkinsus marinus. The frog parasite Dermocystidium ranae has recently been segregated...
into cabochons was made Louisiana's official state gem in 2011. "Dermo" (Perkinsus marinus) is a marine disease of oysters, caused by a protozoan parasite...
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