Characterization of Vibrio mediterranei Isolates as Causative Agents of Vibriosis in Marine Bivalves.

ABSTRACT: Marine bivalves include species important globally for aquaculture and estuary ecology. However, epizootics of variable etiologies often pose a threat to the marine fishery industry and ecosystem by causing significant mortalities in related species. One of such diseases is larval vibriosis caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio, which frequently occurs and causes mass mortalities in bivalve larvae and juveniles in hatcheries. During a mass mortality of razor clam, Sinonovacula constricta, juveniles in a shellfish hatchery in 2019, Vibrio mediterranei was identified as a dominant bacterial species in diseased animals and their rearing water. In this study, we selected and characterized 11 V. mediterranei isolates and studied their pathogenicity to the larvae and juveniles of

SUBMITTER: Fan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature