| | |
Summary: Effects of the pathogenic Vibrio tapetis on defence factors
of susceptible and non-susceptible bivalve species:
II. Cellular and biochemical changes
following in vivo challenge
Bassem Allam a,*, Christine Paillard b
, Michel Auffret b
, Susan E. Ford c
a
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
b
Institut Universitaire EuropeŽen de la Mer, UniversiteŽ de Bretagne Occidentale, Technopo^le Brest-Iroise, 29280 PlouzaneŽ, France
c
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, 6959 Miller Avenue, Port Norris, NJ 08349-3617, USA
Received 9 February 2005; revised 6 April 2005; accepted 18 May 2005
Available online 7 July 2005
Abstract
This work compared the effect of challenge with Vibrio tapetis, the etiologic agent of brown ring disease (BRD) in clams,
and other bacterial strains on defence-related factors in four bivalve species: Ruditapes philippinarum (highly susceptible to
BRD), R. decussatus (slightly susceptible to BRD), Mercenaria mercenaria and Crassostrea virginica (both non-susceptible
to BRD). Results show that bacterial challenge modulated defence-related factors, namelytotal and differential haemocyte
|
