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Free and Occluded Virus, similar to Baculovirus, in Hepatopancreas of Pink Shrimp

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VIRUSES or virus-like particles have been reported infrequently from cells of estuarine and marine organisms1–4. Herpes-type viruses were described from an estuarine fungus3 and oysters4. Helical or rod-shaped viruses have not been reported from most aquatic invertebrates, although rod-shaped virus-like particles were reported from a microannelid5 and aquatic beetle6.

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COUCH, J. Free and Occluded Virus, similar to Baculovirus, in Hepatopancreas of Pink Shrimp. Nature 247, 229–231 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247229a0

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