CHITINOCLASTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH SHELL DISEASE IN Penaeus SHRIMP AND THE BLUE CRAB (Callinectes sapidus)*

DAVID W. COOK; SANDRA R. LOFTON

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-9.2.154

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1 April 1973 CHITINOCLASTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH SHELL DISEASE IN Penaeus SHRIMP AND THE BLUE CRAB (Callinectes sapidus)

DAVID W. COOK, SANDRA R. LOFTON

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 9(2):154-159 (1973). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-9.2.154

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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.

COOK and LOFTON: CHITINOCLASTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH SHELL DISEASE IN Penaeus SHRIMP AND THE BLUE CRAB (Callinectes sapidus)*

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DAVID W. COOK and SANDRA R. LOFTON "CHITINOCLASTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH SHELL DISEASE IN Penaeus SHRIMP AND THE BLUE CRAB (Callinectes sapidus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 9(2), 154-159, (1 April 1973). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-9.2.154

Received: 14 November 1972; Published: 1 April 1973

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