title: Host-parasite interactions: Marine bivalve molluscs and protozoan parasites, Perkinsus species.
abstract: This review assesses and examines the work conducted to date concerning host and parasite interactions between marine bivalve molluscs and protozoan parasites, belonging to Perkinsus species. The review focuses on two well-studied host-parasite interaction models: the two clam species, Ruditapes philippinarum and R. decussatus, and the parasite Perkinsus olseni, and the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, and the parasite Perkinsus marinus. Cellular and humoral defense responses of the host in combating parasitic infection, the mechanisms (e.g., antioxidant enzymes, extracellular products) employed by the parasite in evading host defenses as well as the role of environmental factors in modulating the host-parasite interactions are described.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Place Nicolas Copernic, Plouzané 29280, France. Electronic address: philippe.soudant@univ-brest.fr.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soudant
authors.forename: Fu-Lin
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: E Chu
authors.forename: Aswani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volety
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000276:immunology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000276:immunology*; D008954:Models, Biological
keywords: Bivalves; Environmental changes; Parasites; Perkinsus