title: Phage particles infecting branchial Rickettsiales-like organisms in banded carpet shell Polititapes virgineus (Bivalvia) from Galicia (NW Spain).
abstract: Basophilic intracellular prokaryotic-like colonies were observed in the gills of banded carpet shell Polititapes virgineus (= Tapes rhomboides) (Linnaeus, 1767) from a natural bed in Galicia (NW Spain). Light microscope observations suggested the presence of 2 types of colonies, but transmission electron microscopy revealed that these were the same Rickettsiales-like colonies, one infected and the other uninfected by phage particles. This is the first report of the presence of phage particles in Rickettsiales-like organisms in the gills of P. virgineus.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, 36611 Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Darriba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000382:microbiology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012287:Rickettsiaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000821:virology*; D013030:Spain