Quesenberry, M. S., K. Saito, D. N. Krupatkina, J. A. F. Robledo, T. Drgon, W. T. Pecher, N. Oeary, M. Alavi, T. Miller, R. E. Schneider, R. Belas, J. R. Deeds, A. R. Place, Y. Zohar, and G.R. Vasta. 2002. Bioassay for ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: Characterization of a culture flask assay format. J. Appl. Phycol. (In press).

Gauthier, J. D. and Vasta G. R. 2002. Effects of plasma from bivalve mollusk species on the in vitro proliferation of the parasite Perkinsus marinus. Differential uptake of trophozoites by hemocytes from the oysters Crassostrea virginica and C. gigas. J. Exp. Zool (In press).

Coss, C. A., Robledo, J .A. F., Ruiz, G., Vasta, G. R. 2001. Description of Perkinsus andrewsi n. sp. isolated from the Baltic clam (Macoma balthica) by characterization of the ribosomal RNA locus, and development of a species-specific PCR-based diagnostic assay. J. Euk. Microbiol., 48: 52-61.

Coss, C. A., Robledo, J. A. F., Vasta, G. R. 2001. Fine structure of clonally propagated in vitro life stages of a Perkinsus species isolated from Macoma balthica. J. Euk. Microbiol., 48: 38-51.

Robledo, J. A., Coss, C. A., and Vasta G. R. 2000. Characterization of the ribosomal RNA locus of Perkinsus atlanticus, and development of a polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic assay. J. Parasitol. 86:972-978.

Yoshino, T. P. and Vasta, G. R. 1996. Parasite-invertebrate host immune interactions. In: Invertebrate Immune Responses: Cell Activities and the Environment. Ed: E. L. Cooper. Springer-Verlag. Heidelberg. pp. 125-167.

Marsh, A. G., J. D. Gauthier and G. R. Vasta. 1995. A semiquantitative PCR assay for the detection and enumeration of Perkinsus marinus infections in oyster tissues. J. Parasitol., 81:577-583.

Vasta, G. R., J. Gauthier and A. Marsh. 1995. Molecular and biochemical adaptations of the protozoan pathogen Perkinsus marinus for its host, Crassostrea virginica. J. Mar. Biotech. 3:35-41.

Liao, D.-I., Kapadia, G., Ahmed, H., Vasta, G. R. and Herzberg, 0. 1994. Structure of S- lectin, a developmentally regulated vertebrate -galactoside-binding protein. Proc. Natl. Acad Scl. 91: 1428-1432.

Ahmed, H. and Vasta, G. R. 1994. Galectins: conservation of functionally and structurally relevant amino acid residues defines two types of carbohydrate recognition domains. Glycobiology. 4: 545-549.

Cassels, F. J., Odom, E. W. and Vasta, G. R. 1994. Hemolymph lectins of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus recognize selected serotypes of its pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Ann. N.Y. Acad Scl. 712: 324-326.

Gauthier, J.D. and Vasta, G.R. 1993. Continuous in vitro culture of the eastern oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus. J. Invert. Pathol. 62:321-324.

Vasta, G.R. 1992. Invertebrate lectins: Distribution, synthesis, molecular biology and function. In: Glycoconjugates: Composition, Structure and Function. Allen, H.J. and Kisailus, E.C. Eds. Marcel Dekker, New York. pp 593-634.