Abstract:The giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii is commercially cultured throughout the world including Taiwan. From 1992 to 1995, Taiwanese production decreased by approximately 50% due to disease. The yeast Metschnikowia bicuspidata is considered to be one of the major causes of white muscle disease, but the molecular mechanism of its pathogenesis is not known. Using RNA differential display (DD) with muscle and hepatopancreatic tissue, we identified a 324 nucleotide (nt) message specifically expressed … Show more
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