Pubblicazione scientifica

Abalone farm discharges the withering syndrome pathogen into the wild

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità
produzione e raccolta
trasformazione e commercializzazione

RIASSUNTO

An intracellular bacterium Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis, also called Withering-Syndrome Rickettsia-Like Organism (WS-RLO), is the cause of mass mortalities that are the chief reason for endangerment of black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii). Using a real-time PCR assay, we found that a shore-based abalone farm (AF) in Santa Barbara, CA, USA discharged WS-RLO DNA into the ocean. Several other shore-based AFs discharge effluent into critical habitat for black abalone in California and this might affect the recovery of wild black abalone. Existing regulatory frameworks exist that could help protect wild species from pathogens released from shore-based aquaculture.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 06/12/2013

AUTORI

LAFFERTY KEVIN D
BEN-HORIN TAL

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

Western Ecological Research Center – US Geological Survey UCSB Marine Science Institute Santa Barbara CA USA
BREN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MGMT UNIV CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CA USA

RIVISTA

Frontiers in Microbiology, 4, 373

IMPACT FACTOR

4,190

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