Description of a hepatopancreatic rickettsia-like organism in the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Howard C. Prior¹  Brett F. Edgerton¹ 

关键词: Cherax quadricarinatus;    Redclaw freshwater crayfish;    Rickettsia-like organism;    Disease;    Pathology;   

DOI  :  10.3354/dao036077

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Basophilic, Gram-negative, microcolonies of rickettsia-like organisms were observed in the hepatopancreatic tubule epithelium of 1 moribund Cherax quadricarinatus from a farm in north Queensland. The tissue tropism of the organismis distinct from the systemic rickettsia-like organism previously described from C. quadricarinatus. This paper briefly describes the histopathology, cytopathology and basic morphology of the hepatopancreatic rickettsia-like organism.

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