MECHANISMS OF REMOVAL OF INJECTED MICROORGANISMS FROM THE AMERICAN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA (GMELIN) , ,

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1 October 1960

journal article
research article
Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin

Vol. 119 (2) , 273-282
https://doi.org/10.2307/1538928

Abstract

Several species of microorganisms injected into oysters (Crassostrea virginica) were removed by 2 mechanisms. Histological and bacteriological studies showed that vegetative bacteria were phagocytized and rapidly digested intracellularly. Bacterial spores and yeast were phagocytized and slowly removed by amoebocytes migrating through epithelia to the exterior.

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THE FATE OF INDIA INK INJECTED INTRACARDIALLY INTO THE OYSTER, OSTREA VIRGINICA GMELIN
The Biological Bulletin, 1950