Abstract:Crassostrea gigas oysters, with 4.7 million tons harvested per year, represent a considerable food supply worldwide. Since 2001 Vibrio aestuarianus has emerged as a pathogenic bacterium causing adult oyster mortality events in France and Ireland, and its impact on oyster aquaculture has increased in Europe since its reemergence in 2012. To better understand the evolutionary mechanisms leading to the emergence and persistence over time of this pathogen, we conducted a survey with national reference laboratories… Show more
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