The rapid growth in the human population has led to an increased requirement for readily
available food sources. The aquaculture industry is a fundamental source for maintaining …

The exchange of fish for research may expose an aquatic laboratory to pathogen
contamination as incoming fish can introduce bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses capable …

The marine environment includes diverse microeukaryotic organisms that play important
functional roles in the ecosystem. With molecular approaches, eukaryotic taxonomy has …

Background Understanding the relationship between resident microbiota and disease in
cultured fish represents an important and emerging area of study. Marine gill disorders in …

This study is the first report of parasite and fungal disease separated from domestically
reared Atlantic salmon in Korea; the characteristics of the pathogens were identified, and …

Nodular gill disease (NGD) is an infectious condition characterized by proliferative gill
lesions leading to respiratory problems, oxygen deficiency and mortality in fish. Globally …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are capable of inhabiting diverse reservoirs independently,
without relying on a host organism, hence their designation as “free-living”. The majority of …

The production demand of edible snails in the Mediterranean area is very high and the
attention to snail borne diseases is increasing. Following mass mortality events, we have …

Nodular gill disease (NGD) is a serious proliferative gill condition that affects farmed
salmonids, particularly in Europe. While the cause of NGD remains unknown (and maybe …

Sensitive screening of eukaryotic communities in aquaculture for research and management
is limited by the availability of technologies that can detect invading pathogens in an …