Article
A large-scale epidemiological study to identify bacteria pathogenic to Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and correlation between virulence and metalloprotease-like activity.
Microbial ecology - 1 May 2010
Saulnier Denis, De Decker Sophie, Haffner Philippe, Cobret Laetitia, Robert Maeva, Garcia Céline
Abstract excerpt
A 4-year bacteriological survey (2003-2007) of four molluscs cultivated in France and faced with mortality episodes was performed by the French shellfish pathology network. The more abundant bacteria isolated during 92 mortality episodes, occurring mainly in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, were identified by genotyping methods. It allowed us both to confirm the representativeness of Vibrio splendidus and Vibrio...
Topics
- Animals
- Aquaculture
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Crassostrea
- France
- Genotype
- Metalloproteases
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Shewanella
- Vibrio
- Vibrio Infections
- Virulence
- Virulence Factors