Intracytoplasmic chlamydia-like organisms, some with phages, rickettsia-like organisms, and mycoplasma-like organisms have been found in clams and oysters from the Chesapeake Bay area by electron microscopy. None of these organisms have been previously detected in mollusks, nor have phages been previously observed in Chlamydia sp.
Llpomas are noted less frequently in fish than in some other anlmal groups and the one described here, occuring in a striped mullet Mugil cephalus in Egypt, is the flrst report of a fat tumor in this species. The tumor was a wellcircumscribed, non-invasive, hypodermal mass of mature disorganized fat tissue containing a minimum of supporting stroma. The etiology of the tumor is unknown.
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