Search filters

List of works by Bassem Allam

A Needle in A Haystack: Tracing Bivalve-Associated Viruses in High-Throughput Transcriptomic Data

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A Transcriptomic Analysis of Phenotypic Plasticity in Crassostrea virginica Larvae under Experimental Acidification

scientific article published in 2022

Alterations of the immune transcriptome in resistant and susceptible hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) in response to Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX) and temperature

scientific article published on 12 December 2015

Antimicrobial activity in the cuticle of the American lobster, Homarus americanus

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Bivalve immunity and response to infections: Are we looking at the right place?

scientific article published on 19 March 2016

Characterisation of the secretome of the clam parasite, QPX.

scientific article

Characterization of hemocytes from different body fluids of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

scientific article published on 14 October 2017

Characterization of the transcriptome and temperature-induced differential gene expression in QPX, the thraustochytrid parasite of hard clams

scientific article

Characterization, dynamics, and ecological impacts of harmful Cochlodinium polykrikoides blooms on eastern Long Island, NY, USA

scientific article published in 2008

Clam focal and systemic immune responses to QPX infection revealed by RNA-seq technology

scientific article

Climate Change, Precipitation and Impacts on an Estuarine Refuge from Disease

scientific article published on April 28, 2011

Comparative Animal Mucomics: Inspiration for Functional Materials from Ubiquitous and Understudied Biopolymers

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Comparative analysis of the Mercenaria mercenaria genome provides insights into the diversity of transposable elements and immune molecules in bivalve mollusks

scientific article published on 08 March 2022

Cytotoxicity of quahog parasite unknown (QPX) toward hard clam ( Mercenaria mercenaria) haemocytes and interactions between different pathogen isolates and host strains.

scientific article published on 23 July 2009

Differential Gene Expression in Five Isolates of the Clam Pathogen, Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX).

scientific article

Differential immune response in the hard clam (mercenaria mercenaria) against bacteria and the protistan pathogen QPX (quahog parasite unknown).

scientific article published on 29 March 2012

Early host-pathogen interactions in a marine bivalve: Crassostrea virginica pallial mucus modulates Perkinsus marinus growth and virulence

scientific article

Early host-pathogen interactions in marine bivalves: evidence that the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus infects through the oyster mantle during rejection of pseudofeces

scientific article

Effect of "heat shock" treatments on QPX disease and stress response in the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria

scientific article published on 3 June 2016

Effect of environmental factors on survival and growth of quahog parasite unknown (QPX) in vitro

scientific article

Effect of temperature on defense parameters in manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum challenged with Vibrio tapetis

scientific article

Effects of salinity on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) defense parameters and QPX disease dynamics

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

Effects of temperature on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) immunity and QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown) disease development: I. Dynamics of QPX disease

scientific article published on 26 November 2010

Effects of temperature on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) immunity and QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown) disease development: II. Defense parameters

scientific article published on 27 November 2010

Effects of the pathogenic Vibrio tapetis on defence factors of susceptible and non-susceptible bivalve species: I. Haemocyte changes following in vitro challenge.

scientific article published in March 2006

Effects of the pathogenic Vibrio tapetis on defence factors of susceptible and non-susceptible bivalve species: II. Cellular and biochemical changes following in vivo challenge.

scientific article published in March 2006

Erection of a New Genus and Species for the Pathogen of Hard Clams ‘Quahog Parasite Unknown’ (QPX): Mucochytrium quahogii gen. nov., sp. nov.

scholarly article published in 2021

Experimental acidification increases susceptibility of Mercenaria mercenaria to infection by Vibrio species

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

First report of signs of infection by Coccomyxa-like algae in wild blue mussels, Mytilus spp., in the Gulf of Maine (USA, Maine)

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

From the raw bar to the bench: Bivalves as models for human health

scientific article published on 29 November 2018

High spatial resolution mapping of the mucosal proteome of the gills of <i>Crassostrea virginica</i>: implication in particle processing

scientific article published in 2021

Identification and characterization of peptidases secreted by quahog parasite unknown (QPX), the protistan parasite of hard clams

scientific article

Identification and expression of differentially expressed genes in the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, in response to quahog parasite unknown (QPX)

scientific article (publication date: 14 August 2009)

Identification and molecular characterization of a mucosal lectin (MeML) from the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and its potential role in particle capture.

scientific article published on 11 April 2010

Identification of clam plasma proteins that bind its pathogen Quahog Parasite Unknown

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Identification of variants associated with hard clam, Mercenaria, resistance to Quahog Parasite Unknown disease

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Identification, molecular characterization and expression analysis of a mucosal C-type lectin in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

scientific article published on January 21, 2011

Immune responses to infectious diseases in bivalves

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

Innate immunity in the deep sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

scientific article published on 13 November 2008

Lectins associated with the feeding organs of the oyster Crassostrea virginica can mediate particle selection

scientific article

Microalgal cell surface carbohydrates as recognition sites for particle sorting in suspension-feeding bivalves

scientific article published in February 2010

Modulatory effects of hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) tissue extracts on the in vitro growth of its pathogen QPX

scientific article published on 07 October 2008

Molecular genetic variation within and among isolates of QPX (Thraustochytridae), a parasite of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria

scientific article published in September 2007

Ocean acidification induced changes in Ulva fasciata biochemistry may improve Dicentrarchus labrax aquaculture via enhanced antimicrobial activity

scientific article published in 2022

Oxidative burst in hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) haemocytes

scientific article published on 24 October 2006

Pallial mucus of the oyster Crassostrea virginica regulates the expression of putative virulence genes of its pathogen Perkinsus marinus

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Particle Selection in Suspension-Feeding Bivalves: Does One Model Fit All?

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Pathogenicity of Vibrio tapetis, the etiological agent of brown ring disease in clams

scientific article

Proteomic characterization of mucosal secretions in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

scientific article

Quantitative real-time PCR assay for QPX (Thraustochytriidae), a parasite of the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria).

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Regulation of apoptosis-related genes during interactions between oyster hemocytes and the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Regulation of mucosal lectins in the oyster <i>Crassostrea virginica</i> in response to food availability and environmental factors

scientific article published in 2020

Regulation of oyster (Crassostrea virginica) hemocyte motility by the intracellular parasite Perkinsus marinus: A possible mechanism for host infection

scientific article published on 7 April 2018

Reverse genetics demonstrate the role of mucosal C-type lectins in food particle selection in the oyster Crassostrea virginica.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Role of Epicellular Molecules in the Selection of Particles by the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

SNP hot-spots in the clam parasite QPX.

scientific article

The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): illuminating the functional diversity of eukaryotic life in the oceans through transcriptome sequencing

scientific article

The influence of temperature stress on the physiology of the Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima.

scientific article published on 21 April 2018

Transcriptional changes in Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) in response to Brown Ring Disease

scientific article published on 02 June 2014

Transcriptomic, Proteomic, and Functional Assays Underline the Dual Role of Extrapallial Hemocytes in Immunity and Biomineralization in the Hard Clam <i>Mercenaria mercenaria</i>

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

Transepithelial migration of mucosal hemocytes in Crassostrea virginica and potential role in Perkinsus marinus pathogenesis

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Use of encapsulated live microalgae to investigate pre-ingestive selection in the oyster Crassostrea gigas

article by Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa et al published April 2007 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Using bivalves as particle collectors with PCR detection to investigate the environmental distribution of Haplosporidium nelsoni

scientific article published on 01 February 2009