Open AccessThe Susceptibility Of Cultured American Lobsters To A Chitinolytic Bacterium 1
Author(s) -
Fisher W.S.,
Rosemark T.R.,
Nilson E.H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual meeting ‐ world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0164-0399
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1976.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - carapace , homarus , biology , juvenile , american lobster , inoculation , bacteria , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , crustacean , ecology , immunology , genetics
Juvenile American lobsters (Homarus americanus) cultured at the Bodega Marine Laboratory were found to be susceptible to a chitinolytic bacterium under certain stress conditions. Under optimal conditions the animals were uneffected by the organisms. The greatest susceptibility was found on animals fed a long‐term synthetic diet and on animals that were treated with malachite green and fed on a short‐term synthetic diet. Excised appendages, carapace abrasion and heavy bacterial inoculation did not increase susceptibility.