First Report of Vibrio tubiashii Associated with a Massive Larval Mortality Event in a Commercial Hatchery of Scallop Argopecten purpuratus in Chile

First Report of Vibrio tubiashii Associated with a Massive Larval Mortality Event in a Commercial Hatchery of Scallop Argopecten purpuratus in Chile

The VPAP30 strain was isolated as the highly predominant bacteria from an episode of massive larval mortality occurring in a commercial culture of the Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus. The main aims of this study were, to characterize and identify the pathogenic strain using biochemical and mol...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Rojas, Claudio D. Miranda, Javier Santander, Jaime Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Vibrio tubiashii
Scallop larvae
Vibriosis
Shellfish pathology
Argopecten purpuratus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01473/full

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