With the rapid growth of the aquaculture production since the 1980s, there has been a
concomitant increase in disease outbreaks. The injudicious and/or incorrect use of …

Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

In the marine environment, bivalve mollusks constitute habitats for bacteria of the
Vibrionaceae family. Vibrios belong to the microbiota of healthy oysters and mussels, which …

The conservation and active restoration of European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) populations
are a major focus of ecological restoration efforts to take advantage of the wide‐ranging …

Bivalves were long thought to be “symptomless carriers” of marine microalgal toxins to
human seafood consumers. In the past three decades, science has come to recognize that …

Massive amounts of microplastics are transported daily from the oceans and rivers onto
beaches. The ocean plastisphere is a hotspot and a vector for antibiotic resistance genes …

Abstract The New Zealand's Greenshell™ mussel (Perna canaliculus) aquaculture industry
is being affected by summer mortality events associated with increasing seawater …

In recent years, mortality of cultured Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) during July and
August has regularly exceeded 50% in many oyster farms in Baynes Sound, British …

Vibrios are common inhabitants of marine and estuarine environments. Some of them can
be pathogenic to humans and/or marine animals using a broad repertory of virulence …

Mortalities of bivalve larvae and spat linked with Vibrio spp. infection have been described in
hatcheries since 1959, causing potential development of resistant bacteria. A reliable and …