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Biochemical composition of marine monogenean parasite eggs
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posted on 2017-12-01, 00:00 authored by A K Brazenor, David FrancisDavid Francis, K S Hutson, A G CartonThis study on the eggs of the tropical monogenean Neobenedenia girellae presents the first detailed quantitative biochemical information of a marine parasite species' eggs. Moisture and protein composed the majority of the contents of freshly laid eggs (79.12±0.82 and 11.51±0.49% respectively) followed by lipid (2.50±0.15%). Lipids were composed of approximately equal amounts of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids and the predominant lipid class was triacylglycerol (33.82±1.20%). This study represents a fundamental step towards a better understanding of the early life biology of this important species of parasite.
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Molecular and biochemical parasitologyVolume
218Pagination
1 - 3Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0166-6851eISSN
1872-9428Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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