Infectious microbial diseases and host defence responses in Sydney rock oysters

Aquaculture has long been seen as a sustainable solution to some of the world’s growing food shortages. However, experience over the past 50 years indicates that infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes limit the productivity of aquaculture. In extreme cases, these types of inf...

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Main Author: David Andrew Raftos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00135/full