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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Parasites, pathogens, and other symbionts of copepods.
Georgia M. WardSonja RueckertDavid BassDavid BassDavid BassRony HuysRowena SternJoe D. TaylorAlison C. Clearysubject
0301 basic medicineEnvironmental changeRange (biology)030231 tropical medicineZoologyBiologyCopepoda03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicineAnimalsSymbiosisEpizooticEcosystemMicrobiotafungiDinoflagellateEukaryotaBiotamedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classification030104 developmental biologyInfectious DiseasesMicrosporidiaParasitologyhuman activitiesCopepodBacteriadescription
There is a large diversity of eukaryotic symbionts of copepods, dominated by epizootic protists such as ciliates, and metazoan parasites. Eukaryotic endoparasites, copepod-associated bacteria, and viruses are less well known, partly due to technical limitations. However, new molecular techniques, combined with a range of other approaches, provide a complementary toolkit for understanding the complete symbiome of copepods and how the symbiome relates to their ecological roles, relationships with other biota, and responses to environmental change. In this review we provide the most complete overview of the copepod symbiome to date, including microeukaryotes, metazoan parasites, bacteria, and viruses, and provide extensive literature databases to inform future studies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 | Trends in parasitology |