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Lesion bacterial communities in American lobsters with diet-induced shell disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22535872     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In southern New England, USA, shell disease affects the profitability of the American lobster Homarus americanus fishery. In laboratory trials using juvenile lobsters, exclusive feeding of herring Clupea harengus induces shell disease typified initially by small melanized spots that progress into distinct lesions. Amongst a cohabitated, but segregated, cohort of 11 juvenile lobsters fed exclusively herring, bacterial communities colonizing spots and lesions were investigated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA amplified using 1 group-specific and 2 universal primer sets. The Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria predominated in both spots and lesions and included members of the orders Flavobacteriales (Bacteriodetes), Rhodobacterales, Rhodospirillales and Rhizobiales (Alphaproteobacteria), Xanthomonadales (Gammaproteobacteria) and unclassified Gammaproteobacteria. Bacterial communities in spot lesions displayed more diversity than communities with larger (older) lesions, indicating that the lesion communities stabilize over time. At least 8 bacterial types persisted as lesions developed from spots. Aquimarina 'homaria', a species commonly cultured from lesions present on wild lobsters with epizootic shell disease, was found ubiquitously in spots and lesions, as was the 'Candidatus Kopriimonas aquarianus', implicating putative roles of these species in diet-induced shell disease of captive lobsters.
Authors:
Robert A Quinn; Anita Metzler; Michael Tlusty; Roxanna M Smolowitz; Paul Leberg; Andrei Y Chistoserdov
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diseases of aquatic organisms     Volume:  98     ISSN:  0177-5103     ISO Abbreviation:  Dis. Aquat. Org.     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-04-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8807037     Medline TA:  Dis Aquat Organ     Country:  Germany    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  221-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, PO Box 42451, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504, USA.
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