Immune and stress responses in oysters with insights on adaptation

X Guo, Y He, L Zhang, C Lelong, A Jouaux - Fish & shellfish immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Oysters are representative bivalve molluscs that are widely distributed in world oceans. As
successful colonizers of estuaries and intertidal zones, oysters are remarkably resilient …

Oyster disease in a changing environment: decrypting the link between pathogen, microbiome and environment

WL King, C Jenkins, JR Seymour, M Labbate - Marine environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Shifting environmental conditions are known to be important triggers of oyster diseases. The
mechanism (s) behind these synergistic effects (interplay between host, environment and …

Hemolymph microbiome of Pacific oysters in response to temperature, temperature stress and infection

A Lokmer, KM Wegner - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Microbiota provide their hosts with a range of beneficial services, including defense from
external pathogens. However, host-associated microbial communities themselves can act as …

Simulated Marine Heat Wave Alters Abundance and Structure of Vibrio Populations Associated with the Pacific Oyster Resulting in a Mass Mortality Event

TJ Green, N Siboni, WL King, M Labbate, JR Seymour… - Microbial ecology, 2019 - Springer
Marine heat waves are predicted to become more frequent and intense due to
anthropogenically induced climate change, which will impact global production of seafood …

Survival and growth of triploid eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, produced from wild diploids collected from low-salinity areas

S Bodenstein, BR Callam, WC Walton, FS Rikard… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Triploid Eastern oysters have been reported to suffer greater mortalities than diploids when
exposed to low-salinity (< 5) conditions in the US Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic estuaries. As …

Immunity in molluscs: recognition and effector mechanisms, with a focus on bivalvia

M Gerdol, M Gomez-Chiarri, MG Castillo… - Advances in …, 2018 - Springer
The study of molluscan immune systems, in particular those of bivalve molluscs (eg, clams,
oysters, scallops, mussels), has experienced great growth in recent decades, mainly due to …

Genetic improvement for disease resistance in oysters: a review

L Dégremont, C Garcia, SK Allen Jr - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
Oyster species suffer from numerous disease outbreaks, often causing high mortality.
Because the environment cannot be controlled, genetic improvement for disease resistance …

[HTML][HTML] The increased prevalence of Vibrio species and the first reporting of Vibrio jasicida and Vibrio rotiferianus at UK shellfish sites

J Harrison, K Nelson, H Morcrette, C Morcrette… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Warming sea-surface temperature has led to an increase in the prevalence of Vibrio species
in marine environments. This can be observed particularly in temperate regions where …

Characterisation of the Pacific oyster microbiome during a summer mortality event

WL King, C Jenkins, J Go, N Siboni, JR Seymour… - Microbial Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is a key commercial species that is cultivated
globally. In recent years, disease outbreaks have heavily impacted C. gigas stocks …

Disturbance induced decoupling between host genetics and composition of the associated microbiome

KM Wegner, N Volkenborn, H Peter, A Eiler - BMC microbiology, 2013 - Springer
Background Studies of oyster microbiomes have revealed that a limited number of microbes,
including pathogens, can dominate microbial communities in host tissues such as gills and …