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Descriptor English: Pfiesteria piscicida
Descriptor Spanish: Pfiesteria piscicida
Descriptor Pfiesteria piscicida
Scope note: Dinoflagelado con un ciclo de vida que comprende numerosas etapas flageladas, ameboides y enquistadas. Tanto las formas flageladas como ameboides producen toxinas que generan heridas abiertas en peces. La Pfiesteria piscicida se alimenta del tejido que se desprende de estas heridas, así como de bacterias y algas. En Estados Unidos se encuentra en los estuarios del Atlántico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pfiesteria piscicida
Descriptor French: Pfiesteria piscicida
Entry term(s): Pfiesteria piscicidas
piscicida, Pfiesteria
Tree number(s): B01.043.214.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020045
Scope note: A dinoflagellate with a life cycle that includes numerous flagellated, amoeboid, and encysted stages. Both the flagellated and amoeboid forms produce toxins which cause open wounds on fish. Pfiesteria piscicida feeds on tissue sloughed from these wounds, as well as on bacteria and algae. It is found in Atlantic estuaries of the United States.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Dinoflagellida (1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33695
Unique ID: D020045
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Pfiesteria piscicida - Preferred
Concept UI M0029756
Scope note A dinoflagellate with a life cycle that includes numerous flagellated, amoeboid, and encysted stages. Both the flagellated and amoeboid forms produce toxins which cause open wounds on fish. Pfiesteria piscicida feeds on tissue sloughed from these wounds, as well as on bacteria and algae. It is found in Atlantic estuaries of the United States.
Preferred term Pfiesteria piscicida
Entry term(s) Pfiesteria piscicidas
piscicida, Pfiesteria



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