The microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei is not the cause of white feces syndrome in whiteleg shrimp Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei

• Main Authors: Amornrat Tangprasittipap, Jiraporn Srisala, Saisunee Chouwdee, Montagan Somboon, Niti Chuchird, Chalor Limsuwan, Thinnarat Srisuvan, Timothy W. Flegel, Kallaya Sritunyalucksana
• 其他作者: Mahidol University
• 格式: Article
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Medicine; Veterinary
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32260

Background: The microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei was first described from Thailand in 2009 in farmed, indigenous giant tiger shrimp Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon. The natural reservoir for the parasite is still unknown. More recently, a microsporidian closely resembling it in morphology and ti...