INFECTION OF BALTIC SADURIA-ENTOMON (LINNAEUS, 1758) (ISOPODA, VALVIFERA) WITH THE YEAST CRYPTOCOCCUS-LAURENTII (KUFFERATH) SKINNER

Authors
HRYNIEWIECKASZYFTER Z SMITH MT KAZNOWSKI A
Citation
Z. Hryniewieckaszyfter et al., INFECTION OF BALTIC SADURIA-ENTOMON (LINNAEUS, 1758) (ISOPODA, VALVIFERA) WITH THE YEAST CRYPTOCOCCUS-LAURENTII (KUFFERATH) SKINNER, Crustaceana, 66, 1994, pp. 205-211
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Crustaceana → ACNP
ISSN journal
0011216X
Volume
66
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
205 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-216X(1994)66:<205:IOBS(1>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Light and electron microscopic and microbiological examination of the infected haemolymph of wild Saduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758) revealed the presence of the yeast Cryptococcus laurentii (Kufferath) Skinner, 1947. Phagocytosis of C. laurentii by granulocytes was observed. This is the first report about the infection of isopods with yeasts.