Does photosynthesis provoke formation of shell deformity in wild mytilid mussels infested with green microalgae Coccomyxa? – A conceptual model and research agenda
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2018.04.003
Abstract: Abstract This report proposes a conceptual model for the formation of L-shaped shell deformity in wild mytilid mussels Mytilus spp. highly infested by unicellular photosynthetic microalgae Coccomyxa sp. where a key role plays the influence… read more here.
Keywords: microalgae coccomyxa; shell deformity; deformity wild; conceptual model ... See more keywords
Shell deformity as a marker for retrospective detection of a pathogenic unicellular alga, Coccomyxa sp., in mytilid mussels: a first case study and research agenda.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107311
Abstract: An L-shaped shell deformity (LSSD) on the posterior shell edge is known exclusively in wild mytilid mussels infected with photosynthetic Coccomyxa-like algae. LSSD forms due to the appearance of extra shell material; it is only… read more here.
Keywords: shell deformity; coccomyxa; shell; alga ... See more keywords