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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Thierry M. Work</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Daniele Corsaro</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p class="abstract_block"&gt;The blue-striped snapper&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Lutjanus kasmira&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Perciformes, Lutjanidae) are cosmopolitan in the Indo-Pacific but were introduced into Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in the 1950s and have since colonized most of the archipelago. Studies of microparasites in blue-striped snappers from Hawaii revealed chlamydia-like organisms (CLO) infecting the spleen and kidney, characterized by intracellular basophilic granular inclusions containing Gram-negative and Gimenez-positive bacteria similar in appearance to epitheliocysts when seen under light microscopy. We provide molecular evidence that CLO are a new member of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Chlamydiae&lt;/i&gt;, i.e.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Candidatus&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Renichlamydia lutjani, that represents the first reported case of chlamydial infection in organs other than the gill in fishes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3354/dao02441</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Inter-Research</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Candidatus Renichlamydia lutjani, a Gram-negative bacterium in internal organs of blue striped snapper Lutjanus kasmira from Hawaii</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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