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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 9(2), 1973, pp. 154-159
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CHITINOCLASTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH SHELL DISEASE IN Penaeus SHRIMP AND THE BLUE CRAB (Callinectes sapidus)

DAVID W. COOK 1 and SANDRA R. LOFTON 1

1 Microbiology Section, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 39564, U.S.A.

The occurrence of shell disease in three species of penaeid shrimp is reported. Chitinoclastic bacteria isolated from lesions on these shrimp and from lesions on the blue crab were classified as members of the genera Beneckea, Vibrio, and Pseudomonas. One type of Beneckea was present in all cases of shell disease encountered, making this organism suspect of being the causative agent.

Submitted on November 14, 1972






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