Biomphalaria tenagophila feeding behavior

Establishment of Biomphalaria tenagophila Snails in Europe

Author affi liations: Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes-Méditerranée, Marseille, France (P. Biagini, M. Touinssi, C. Picard, P. Gallian, J.-F. Cantaloube, P. de Micco); Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille (P. Biagini, M. Touinssi, P. Gallian, J.-F. Cantaloube, P. de Micco); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Marseille (B. Dussol); Hôpital de la Conception, Assistance Publique de Marseill...

Breeding of Biomphalaria tenagophila in mass scale.

An efficient method for breeding Biomphalaria tenagophila (Taim lineage/RS) was developed over a 5-year-period (2005-2010). Special facilities were provided which consisted of four cement tanks (9.4 x 0.6 x 0.22 m), with their bottom covered with a layer of sterilized red earth and calcium carbonate. Standard measures were adopted, as follows: each tank should contain an average of 3000 specime...

Phylogenetic analysis of Biomphalaria tenagophila (Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca: Gastropoda).

Mitochondrial DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila, a mollusc intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil, was sequenced and characterised. The genome size found for B. tenagophila was 13,722 bp and contained 13 messenger RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs (tRNA) and two ribosomal RNAs (rRNA). In addition to sequencing, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome organization of B. tenagophila was analysed base...

The chromosomes of Biomphalaria tenagophila (Gastropoda--Basommatophora--Planorbidae).

The subfamilies Bulininae and Biomphalariinae are of medical importance being potential intermediate hosts of human and herbivore schistosomiasis. South America is inhabited by the subfamilie Biomphalariinae. Biomphalaria glabrata (=Australorbis glabratus) is the principal host of Schis tosoma mansoni in Brazil. In Argentina there are no cases of schistosomiasis as yet although Biomphalaria ten...

Occurrence of Biomphalaria tenagophila and disappearance of Biomphalaria straminea in Paracambi, RJ, Brazil.