Original observations of Desmozoon lepeophtherii, a microsporidian hyperparasite infecting the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis, and its subsequent detection by other researchers

• Main Authors: Freeman, Mark Andrew, Sommerville, C.
• Format: Article
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3477/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22166354

A microsporidian hyperparasite, Desmozoon lepeophtherii, of the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis (salmon louse), infecting farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), was first discovered in the west of Scotland in 2000. Heavily infected salmon lice are easily recognised as they have large opaque...