Oysters, the common name for a number of different bivalve molluscs, are the worldwide
aquaculture species and also play vital roles in the function of ecosystem. As invertebrate …

Oysters are representative bivalve molluscs that are widely distributed in world oceans. As
successful colonizers of estuaries and intertidal zones, oysters are remarkably resilient …

Massive mortality outbreaks in cultured bivalves have been reported worldwide and they
have been associated with infection by a range of viral and bacterial pathogens. Due to their …

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 …

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

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

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 …

Viruses are highly abundant in the oceans, and how filter-feeding molluscs without adaptive
immunity defend themselves against viruses is not well understood. We studied the …

Oysters that occupy estuarine and intertidal habitats have well-developed stress tolerance
mechanisms to tolerate harsh and dynamically changing environments. In this review, we …