Distinctive renal lesion of spirochete-infected brine shrimp.
In spirochete-infected Artemia, the renal tubule exhibited a lesion consisting of a group of spirochetes situated in an indentation of the base of the epithelium and involving discontinuity of the basal lamina.
D000818:Animals; D033364:Decapoda; D004848:Epithelium; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013142:Spirochaeta / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013145:Spirochaetales Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*