Salmon parasite research gains attention from The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Salmon parasite research gains attention from The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
![Microscopic image of parasites.](https://microbiology.oregonstate.edu.prod.acquia.cosine.oregonstate.edu/sites/microbiology.oregonstate.edu/files/styles/1460_x_var/public/2022-09/Parasite.jpg?itok=_kn29HxB)
A group of researchers, including Dr. Jerri Bartholomew and Dr. Stephen Atkinson from OSU, have discovered that a common salmon parasite in the PNW has lost its mitochondrial genome and cannot use oxygen directly.