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Factors other than metalloprotease are required for full virulence of French Vibrio tubiashii isolates in oyster larvae.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2015
Mersni-Achour Rachida, Cheikh Yosra Ben, Pichereau Vianney, Doghri Ibtissem, Etien Cédric, Dégremont Lionel, Saulnier Denis, Fruitier-Arnaudin Ingrid, Travers Marie-Agnès
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio tubiashii is a marine pathogen isolated from larval and juvenile bivalve molluscs that causes bacillary necrosis. Recent studies demonstrated the isolation of this species in a French experimental hatchery/nursery affecting Crassostrea gigas spat in 2007. Here, using larvae of C. gigas as an interaction model, we showed that the French V. tubiashii is virulent to larvae and can cause bacillary necrosis...
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