Biology Contravenes Taxonomy in the Myxozoa: New Discoveries Show Alternation of Invertebrate and Vertebrate Hosts
- 28 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 225 (4669) , 1449-1452
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.225.4669.1449
Abstract
For 80 years the infectivity of salmonid whirling disease has eluded discovery. New findings now show that this myxosporean disease of fish is initiated by what is regarded as an actinosporean produced in a tubificid oligochaete. Experimental results provide evidence that, instead of being considered as representatives of separate classes in the phylum Myxozoa, the myxosporean and actinosporean are alternating life forms of a single organism.Keywords
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