Exposures of homarus americanus shell to three bacteria isolated from naturally occurring epizootic shell disease lesions

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 485-493

  Quinn, Robert A ^a   Metzler, Anita ^b   Smolowitz, Roxanna M ^c   Tlusty, Michael ^b   Chistoserdov, Andrei Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquimarina; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Epizootic shell disease; Lesion; Lobster; Shell disease; Thalassobius

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AQUIMARINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; KOPRIIMONAS; LOBSTER; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS GRACILIS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS SP.; RHODOBACTERACEAE; THALASSOBIUS;

EID: 84864592725     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.031.0208     Document Type: Article

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