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

Citation
Bf. Edgerton et Hc. Prior, Description of a hepatopancreatic rickettsia-like organism in the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, DIS AQU ORG, 36(1), 1999, pp. 77-80
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ISSN journal
01775103 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
77 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0177-5103(19990415)36:1<77:DOAHRO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Basophilic, Gram-negative, microcolonies of rickettsia-like organisms were observed in the hepatopancreatic tubule epithelium of 1 moribund Cherax qua dricarinatus from a farm in north Queensland. The tissue tropism of the org anism is distinct from the systemic rickettsia-like organism previously des cribed from C, quadricarinatus. This paper briefly describes the histopatho logy, cytopathology and basic morphology of the hepatopancreatic rickettsia -like organism.