Ultrastructural study of the thymus of Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 juveniles

Ane Felice Frâncio de Medeiros; Virgínia Fonseca Pedrosa; Luis Alberto Romano

doi:10.1016/j.fsirep.2020.100005

Ultrastructural study of the thymus of Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 juveniles

Fish Shellfish Immunol Rep. 2020 Dec 19:2:100005. doi: 10.1016/j.fsirep.2020.100005. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Ane Felice Frâncio de Medeiros¹, Virgínia Fonseca Pedrosa¹, Luis Alberto Romano¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Immunology and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms, Institute of Oceanography, Federal University of Rio Grande, 96210030, Rio Grande, Brazil.

Abstract

•Mugil liza is a species with potential production in aquaculture.•It is a spice that suffers from various diseases.•Knowing your immune system is important for this activity.•Electron microscopy unlike optical microscopy allows to study in detail the different types of cells that compose it.•Electron microscopy allows evaluating thymus histiogenesis .