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• Hog Island Oysters

  Author:Devin JohnstonFrom:Poetry (Vol. 191, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2007 Brief article, Poem Oysters adhere to things, no eyes: spat on the smooth curve of a pier they feel shadows and snap shut. The sun wavers while anchored below each distills Tomales Bay, accreting waves within its shell. Voluptuous and...

• Vibrio vulnificus hazard in patients with liver disease

  Author:Kenneth W. KizerFrom:The Western Journal of Medicine (Vol. 161, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 1994747 words Article Vibrio cholerae has been long recognized as a human pathogen, but only in recent years has the pathogenicity of other Vibrionaceae been recognized. Eleven species of Vibrio are now known to be capable of causing serious...

• Vibrio vulnificus and molluscan shellfish: the necessity of education for high-risk individuals

  Authors:Evelyn Ennis Ross, Laura Guyer, Jill Varnes, and Gary RodrickFrom:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 94, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 19941,459 words Article There is a lack of public health controls over Vibrio vulnificus infections arising from eating raw oysters. The V vulnificus bacterium enters through the gastrointestinal tract and induces primary septicemia which can...

• Chemical induction of larval settlement behavior in flow

  Authors:Mario N. Tamburri, Christopher M. Finelli, David S. Wethey, and Richard K. Zimmer-FaustFrom:The Biological Bulletin (Vol. 191, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 19964,161 words Article The ability of dissolved chemical cues to induce larval settlement from the water column has long been debated. Through computer-assisted video motion analysis, we quantified the movements of individual oyster...

• Molecular evidence of oysters as vehicle of norovirus GII.P17-GII.17

  Authors:Lasse Dam Rasmussen, Anna Charlotte Schultz, Katrine Uhrbrand, Tenna Jensen, and Thea Kolsen FischerFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 22, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20161,159 words Letter to the editor 1350LTo the Editor: Norovirus is the world's leading cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis (1). Since their emergence, GII.P17-GII.17 noroviruses have replaced the GII.4 Sydney 2012 variant as the dominating norovirus...

• Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Full-Length cDNA of Calmodulin Gene from Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas

  Authors:Xing-Xia Li, Wen-Chao Yu, Zhong-Qiang Cai, Cheng He, Na Wei, Xiao- Tong Wang, et al.From:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20163,009 words Article 1570LThe shell of the pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) mainly comprises aragonite whereas that of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is mainly calcite, thereby suggesting the different mechanisms of shell formation between...

• Apoptosis of the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in vivo and in vitro in the Chesapeake Bay and the Long Island Sound

  Authors:Alison Yee, Christopher Dungan, Rosalee Hamilton, Michael Goedken, Sylvain de Guise, and Inke SunilaFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 24, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20056,214 words Article 1650LABSTRACT Perkinsus marinus, a protozoan pathogen of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, infects oysters at high prevalences along the east coast of the United States. P. marinus was previously reported to be...

• Genetic linkage map of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica Gmelin

  Authors:Ziniu Yu and Ximing GuoFrom:The Biological Bulletin (Vol. 204, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20037,547 words Article Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), along with some microsatellite and Type I markers, were used for linkage analysis in Crassostrea virginica Gmelin, the eastern oyster. Seventeen AFLP primer combinations...

• Gametogenic processes in the pearl oyster, Pteria penguin (Roding, 1798) (Bivalvia, Mollusca)

  Authors:U. Arjarasirikoon, M. Kruatrachue, P. Sretarugsa, Y. Chitramvong, S. Jantataeme, and E.S. UpathamFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 23, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20043,910 words Article ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to reveal the gametogenic cycle in the pearl oyster, Pteria penguin. The specimens were collected from Si-chang Island (Thailand) from January 2000 to January 2001. Gametogenesis was...

• The limits of morphometric features for the identification of black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) larvae

  Authors:Alain Paugam, Christine D'Ollone, Jean-Claude Cochard, Pierre Garen, and Marcel Le PennecFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 25, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20064,297 words Article 1580LABSTRACT As with most cultivated bivalves, culture of the Tahitian pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera is particularly dependent on the natural environment, especially for spat supply. The ability to track in real time...

• Prospect of oyster culture in Pakistan: pathology assessment of two commercially important oyster species

  Authors:Ghazala Siddiqui, Zarrien Ayub, and Inke SunilaFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 27, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20084,222 words Report 1320LABSTRACT Nine different species of oysters belonging to the genera Crassostrea, Saccostrea, and Ostrea occur naturally along Pakistan's coastline in the northern Arabian Sea. At the present time, no commercial...

• FIRST REPORT OF AN EOSINOPHILIC RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISM IN DISEASED OYSTERS CRASSOSTREA GIG AS

  Authors:Liliana Carvalho-Saucedo, Ilie Sava Racotta Dimitrov, Carmen Rodriguez Jaramillo, Alejandra Garcia-Gasca, and Jesus N. Gutierrez-RiveraFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 37, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20184,019 words Report 1330LEosinophilic Rickettsia-like organisms (E-RLO) were found for the first time in sick oysters of the species Crassostrea gigas, grown in Laguna de San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico, in August 2014. This work...

• Environmental conditions and culture method effects on growth and survival of juvenile winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin

  Authors:Michael Milione and Paul SouthgateFrom:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 30, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20114,831 words Report 1550LABSTRACT Juvenile winged pearl oysters, Pteria penguin, were cultured for 6 mo in three commonly used culture units (panel nets, plastic mesh trays, and pyramidal pearl nets) at two dissimilar sites Pioneer Bay (a coral...

• Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis confirms Ostreidae classification

  Authors:Gwenaelle Danic-Tchaleu, Serge Heurtebise, Benjamin Morga, and Sylvie LapegueFrom:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 12, 20114,899 words Report 1410LBackground Because of its typical architecture, inheritance and small size, mitochondrial (mt) DNA is widely used for phylogenetic studies. Gene order is generally conserved in most taxa although some groups show...

• Meta-Analysis of Studies Using Suppression Subtractive Hybridization and Microarrays to Investigate the Effects of Environmental Stress on Gene Transcription in Oysters

  Authors:Kelli Anderson, Daisy A. Taylor, Emma L. Thompson, Aroon R. Melwani, Sham V. Nair, and David A. RaftosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 13, 20155,381 words Article 1530LMany microarray and suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) studies have analyzed the effects of environmental stress on gene transcription in marine species. However, there have been no unifying analyses of these...

• Effect of Carbonate Chemistry Alteration on the Early Embryonic Development of the Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

  Authors:Frederic Gazeau, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Mervyn Greaves, Henry Elderfield, Jan Peene, Carlo H. R. Heip, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 10, 20115,419 words Article 1640LOcean acidification, due to anthropogenic CO.sub.2 absorption by the ocean, may have profound impacts on marine biota. Calcareous organisms are expected to be particularly sensitive due to the decreasing availability of...

• Genome and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insight into the Euryhaline Adaptation Mechanism of Crassostrea gigas

  Authors:Jie Meng, Qihui Zhu, Linlin Zhang, Chunyan Li, Li Li, Zhicai She, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 12, 201310,073 words Article 1470LBackground The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, has developed special mechanisms to regulate its osmotic balance to adapt to fluctuations of salinities in coastal zones. To understand the oyster's euryhaline...

• The Kinome of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas, Its Expression during Development and in Response to Environmental Factors

  Authors:Yanouk Epelboin, Laure Quintric, Eric Guevelou, Pierre Boudry, Vianney Pichereau, and Charlotte CorporeauFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 27, 201611,835 words Report 1450LOysters play an important role in estuarine and coastal marine habitats, where the majority of humans live. In these ecosystems, environmental degradation is substantial, and oysters must cope with highly dynamic and...

• Annual Growth Patterns and Interspecimen Variability in Mg/Ca Records of Archaeological Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) from the Late Mesolithic Site of Conors Island

  Authors:Niklas Hausmann, Harry K. Robson, and Chris HuntFrom:Open Quaternary (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 30, 201910,760 words Report 1500LAnnual growth patterns in marine mollusc shells are valuable indicators of the condition of marine ecology through time. In archaeological contexts, the mollusc's time of death (i.e. the last season of growth) is an...

• The late Holocene demise of a sublittoral oyster bed in the North Sea.

  Authors:Lasse Sander, H. Christian Hass, Rune Michaelis, Christopher Groß, Tanja Hausen, and Bernadette PogodaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 16, 20217,399 words Report 1550LA fossil oyster bed (Ostrea edulis) was recently encountered offshore Helgoland (German Bight). Oysters are important filter feeders in marine environments and their habitat structure supports a large associated...