A variety of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) constitute a prominent
commodity in fisheries and aquacultures, but are also crucial in order to preserve our …

The Pacific oyster (Crassostreae gigas) has been introduced from Asia to numerous
countries around the world during the 20th century. C. gigas is the main oyster species …

Infectious diseases are mostly explored using reductionist approaches despite repeated
evidence showing them to be strongly influenced by numerous interacting host and …

Shifting environmental conditions are known to be important triggers of oyster diseases. The
mechanism (s) behind these synergistic effects (interplay between host, environment and …

Microbial food web organisms are at the base of the functioning of pelagic ecosystems and
support the whole marine food web. They are very reactive to environmental changes and …

Oyster species suffer from numerous disease outbreaks, often causing high mortality.
Because the environment cannot be controlled, genetic improvement for disease resistance …

Since 2008, mass mortalities of 1-yr-old Crassostrea gigas associated with the ostreid
herpesvirus OsHV-1 μVar have occurred along all the coasts of France when seawater …

Emerging diseases pose a recurrent threat to bivalve aquaculture. Recently, massive
mortality events in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas associated with the detection of a …

Successive disease outbreaks in oyster (Crassostrea gigas) beds in France have resulted in
dramatic losses in production, and subsequent decline in the oyster-farming industry …

Mortalities of oyster Crassostrea gigas seed associated with ostreid herpesvirus OsHV-1
μVar have been observed in many oyster-producing countries since 2008. The present …