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Spatiotemporal dynamics of Spirochaeta, the putative etiologic agent of Akoya oyster disease in pearl oysters, as determined by quantitative PCR
2019-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Since the 1990s, Akoya oyster disease (AOD) associated with reddish browning of the soft tissues and mortality of cultured pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata (Gould), has been occurring in the western part of Japan. Although transmission experiments suggested that the disease is infectious, the causative agent has not been identified. Previous studies suggested that a member of the Spirochaeta cause AOD, and Candidatus...
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- Literature Corpus work
- fc2f9758-fdde-5afc-b5d8-a62ec529c723
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734433
