Les parasites du groupe "Mikrocell" : Qui est qui?

Bonamiose, a disease caused by the protozoa Bonamia ostreae, has destroyed the flat oyster Ostrea edulis production, in France but also in Europe and in the United States since 1979. Another species of Bonamia has been monitored in New-Zealand, in Australia and lately in Chile. In Canada and Australia, two other parasites have been described in cupped oyster: Mikrocytos mackini and Mikrocytos roughleyi. All these small size protozoa are grouped under the name "Mikrocell". For most of them, light and electronic microscope descriptions have been realised. Based on those criteria, different taxonomic positions have been proposed. However, these analysis are still questioned today.