Bivalve molluscs stand out for their ecological success and their key role in the functioning of
aquatic ecosystems, while also constituting a very valuable commercial resource. Both …

Marine bivalves (such as mussels, oysters, and clams) are widespread mollusks in coastal
waters at different latitudes; due to their filter‐feeding habits, they accumulate large numbers …

Much of the current knowledge concerning bivalve immunology and immunotoxicology has
come from studies on the mussel genus, Mytilus, or from the American oyster, Crassostrea …

Changes in water temperature and salinity are responsible for a variety of physiological
stress responses in aquatic organisms. Stress induced by these factors was recently …

Water acidification, temperature increases and changes in seawater salinity are predicted to
occur in the near future. In such a global climate change (GCC) scenario, there is growing …

Previous research has shown that mytilins and MGDs are two types of 4-kDa, cysteine-rich,
cationic antimicrobial peptides, which are abundant in hemocytes of the mussels, Mytilus …

In this study, three major hemocyte types were identified in the Sydney rock oyster. They
were characterized primarily by light and electron microscopy based on the presence or …

In order to assess the biological effects of the Prestige oil spill (POS), mussels, Mytilus
galloprovincialis, were collected in 22 localities along the North coast of the Iberian …

In vitroassays were performed to assess the phagocytic ability of mussel haemolymph cell
types. Among the haemocyte types, the granulocytes showed an important phagocytic …

Mytilus galloprovincialishemocytes contain phosphatases, esterases, proteases, and
glucosidases as revealed by a semiquantitative colorimetric method. The activity levels of …