Haplosporidium nelsoni
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title:
Haplosporidium nelsoni
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Haplosporidium nelsoni is a pathogen of oysters that originally caused oyster populations to experience high mortality rates in the 1950s, and still is quite prevalent today. The disease caused by H. nelsoni is also known as MSX. MSX is thought to have been introduced by experimental transfers of the Pacific oyster, which is resistant to this disease. MSX was first described in 1957, when it caused serious mortalities in Delaware Bay. Through extensive studies, an estimated 50% of eastern oyster
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Species of protist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplosporidium_nelsoni
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2024-04-22T20:00:45Z
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