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Descriptor English: Crassostrea
Descriptor Spanish: Crassostrea
Descriptor Crassostrea
Entry term(s) ostión
ostión del mangle
ostra americana
ostra japonesa
Scope note: Género de ostras de la familia OSTREIDAE, clase BIVALVIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Crassostrea
Descriptor French: Crassostrea
Entry term(s): Crassostrea giga
Crassostrea gigas
Crassostrea virginica
Crassostrea virginicas
Crassostreas
Eastern Oyster
Eastern Oysters
Oyster, Eastern
Oysters, Eastern
gigas, Crassostrea
virginica, Crassostrea
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.643.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049896
Scope note: A genus of oysters in the family OSTREIDAE, class BIVALVIA.
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mollusca (1966-2005)
Oysters (1971-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50415
Unique ID: D049896
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Crassostrea - Preferred
Concept UI M0470825
Scope note A genus of oysters in the family OSTREIDAE, class BIVALVIA.
Preferred term Crassostrea
Entry term(s) Crassostreas
Crassostrea virginica - Narrower
Concept UI M0470826
Preferred term Crassostrea virginica
Entry term(s) Crassostrea virginicas
Eastern Oyster
Eastern Oysters
Oyster, Eastern
Oysters, Eastern
virginica, Crassostrea
Crassostrea gigas - Narrower
Concept UI M0470827
Preferred term Crassostrea gigas
Entry term(s) Crassostrea giga
gigas, Crassostrea



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