Characterization and experimental infection of Flexibacter maritimus (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) in hatcheries of post-larvae of Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931

A preliminary study to characterize filamentous bacteria, whose presence is related to high mortality of Litopenaeus vannamei larvae cultured in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, is reported. The extract of infected larvae was diluted in different concentrations, cultured in marine agar (DifcoTM, Marine...

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Main Authors: JLP. Mouriño, L. Vinatea, C. Buglione-Neto, CT. Ramirez, FN. Vieira, F. Pedrotti, ML. Martins, RB. Derner, MA. Aguilar, E. Beltrame
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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