Current growth in aquaculture production is parallel with the increasing number of disease
outbreaks, which negatively affect the production, profitability, and sustainability of the global …

For more than a century, vibriosis affects various species of economically important cultured
marine fishes around the globe. The knowledge of this bacterial disease on many species of …

Vibrios are ubiquitous bacteria in aquatic systems, especially marine ones, and belong to
the Gammaproteobacteria class, the most diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria. The main …

To date 142 species have been described in the Vibrionaceae family of bacteria, classified
into seven genera; Aliivibrio, Echinimonas, Enterovibrio, Grimontia, Photobacterium …

Since the description of the genus Arcobacter in 1991, a total of 27 species have been
described, although some species have shown 16S rRNA similarities below 95%, which is …

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) has extended rapidly, causing alarming
shrimp mortalities. Initially, the only known causative agent was Vibrio parahaemolyticus …

Bivalve aquaculture is seriously affected by many bacterial pathogens that cause high
losses in hatcheries as well as in natural beds. A number of Vibrio species, but also …

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 central clade of the genus Vibrio, also called the Vibrio core group, comprises six
species that are tightly related (DNA–DNA reassociation values are very close to 70% for …

Hatcheries constitute nowadays the only viable solution to support the husbandry of bivalve
molluscs due to the depletion and/or overexploitation of their natural beds. Hatchery …