Table 2.
Infection rates of Azumiobodo hoyamushi among benthic organisms on the southern coast of Korea, measured by PCR
| Specimens | Sampling period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection source | Apr. 2014 | Aug. | Nov. | Feb. 2015 | |
| Tunicates | |||||
| Halocynthia roretzi | Hanging rope | 90 %(9/10) | 20 %(2/10) | 80 %(8/10) | 60 %(6/10) |
| Styela clava | Hanging rope | 100 %(5/5) | – | 40 %(4/10) | 60 %(3/5) |
| Pyura vittata | Hanging rope | – | 25 %(1/4) | 100 %(2/2) | 100 %(3/3) |
| Halocynthia roretzi | Bottom | – | 50 %(5/10) | 60 %(6/10) | 60 %(6/10) |
| Styela clava | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 30 %(3/10) | 60 %(3/5) | 60 %(3/5) |
| Styela plicata | Bottom | – | 50 %(2/4) | 60 %(3/5) | 80 %(4/5) |
| Pyura vittata | Bottom | – | 100 %(2/2) | – | 50 % (1/2) |
| Echinoderms | |||||
| Asterias amurensis | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) |
| Asterina pectinifera | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) |
| Luidia quinaria | Bottom | – | 0 %(0/5) | – | 0 %(0/1) |
| Bivalves | |||||
| Mytilus galloprovincialis | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/2) |
| Atrina pectinata | Bottom | – | 0 %(0/3) | – | 0 %(0/1) |
| Sponge | |||||
| Unknown | Bottom | – | – | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) |
| Algae | |||||
| Undaria pinnatifida | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/1) | - | 0 %(0/1) |
| Seawater | |||||
| Seawater | Surface | 100 %(1/1) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/1) |
| Bottom | 100 %(1/1) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/1) | |