Open AccessLETHALITY OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS STRAIN CLO145A TO THE 2 ZEBRA MUSSEL SPECIES PRESENT IN NORTH AMERICA
Author(s) -
Daniel P. Molloy
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/811381
Subject(s) - dreissena , zebra mussel , pseudomonas fluorescens , biology , strain (injury) , ecology , bivalvia , zoology , mussel , mollusca , bacteria , anatomy , genetics
These experiments indicated that bacterial strain CL0145A of Pseudomonas fluorescens is equally lethal to the 2 zebra mussel species present in North America, Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis. Thus, this bacterial strain should be equally effective at killing zebra mussels in power plant pipes, irrespective of which species is present