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A Vibrio splendidus strain is associated with summer mortality of juvenile oysters Crassostrea gigas in the Bay of Morlaix (North Brittany, France).
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 12 Sept 2001
Lacoste A, Jalabert F, Malham S, Cueff A, Gélébart F, Cordevant C, Lange M, Poulet S A
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile oysters Crassostrea gigas cultured in the Bay of Morlaix (France) have suffered unexplained summer mortalities for over a decade. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that a bacterial pathogen could be responsible for this phenomenon. A first attempt failed to isolate a bacterial pathogen from moribund or weak oysters. Only non-pathogenic, probably opportunistic, bacteria were isolated. As an...
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