1. Parasites, pathogens, and other symbionts of copepods.
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Bass D, Rueckert S, Stern R, Cleary AC, Taylor JD, Ward GM, and Huys R
- Subjects
- Animals, Ecosystem, Eukaryota genetics, Microbiota genetics, Copepoda microbiology, Copepoda parasitology, Copepoda virology, Symbiosis
- Abstract
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., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests., (Crown Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2021
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