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Epidermal lesions and mortality caused by vibriosis in deep-sea Bahamian echinoids: a laboratory study
| Title: | Epidermal lesions and mortality caused by vibriosis in deep-sea Bahamian echinoids: a laboratory study. |
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| Name(s): |
Bauer, John C., creator Young, Craig M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2000 | |
| Publisher: | Inter-Research Science Center | |
| Extent: | 8 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3350883 (digitool), FADT3350883 (IID), fau:6481 (fedora), 10.3354/dao039193 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
When significant mortality of the bathyal spatangoid echinoid Paleopneustes cristatus occurred under laboratory conditions, we investigated the cause and course of the disease by culturing and identifying internal pathogens, then experimentally infecting healthy urchins with isolates of the suspected disease organism. The pathogen was determined to be the Gram-negative halophilic bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus. This species was also recovered from frozen post-challenge specimens of P. cristatus and from moribund individuals of Archaeopneustes hystrix, another spatangoid reared under similar in vitro conditions. This is the first experimental study of bacterial disease in any deep-sea invertebrate. This manuscript is available at http://www.int-res.com/ and may be cited as: Bauer, J. C., & Young, C. M. (2000). Epidermal lesions and mortality caused by vibriosis in deep-sea Bahamian echinoids: a laboratory study. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 39(3), 193-199. doi:10.3354/dao039193 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1303. |
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| Subject(s): |
Echinoidea Sea urchins Vibrio alginolyticus Bacterial diseases Mortality Spatangoida |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3350883 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao039193 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2000 Inter-Research Science Center | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
