title: Intracellular yeasts in endothelial cells of a great blue heron (Ardea herodias).
abstract: Intracellular organisms in the endothelial cells of several organs of an adult great blue heron (Ardea herodias) were identified as a yeast in the family Saccharomycetales based on ultrastructural morphology and sequence data from the ribosomal RNA operon. Morphologically similar organisms of unknown identity have been described previously in Muscovy (Cairina moschata) and domestic (Anas platyrhynchos domestica) ducks.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada. caroline.millins@usask.ca
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Millins
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wobeser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001717:Birds; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal