A remarkably diverse and well-organized virus community in a filter-feeding oyster.

Background: Viruses play critical roles in the marine environment because of their interactions with an extremely broad range of potential hosts. Many studies of viruses in seawater have been published, but viruses that inhabit marine animals have been largely neglected. Oysters are keystone species in coastal ecosystems, yet as filter-feeding bivalves with very large roosting numbers and species co-habitation, it is not clear what role they play in marine virus transmission and coastal microbiome regulation.

Hypoxia-induced oxidative stress and transcriptome changes in the mud crab (Scylla paramamosain).

Mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) is an economically important cultured species in China. Hypoxia is a major environmental stressor during mud crab culture. In the present study, we investigated the oxidative stress and transcriptome changes in the gills of mud crab after intermediate hypoxia stress with dissolved oxygen (DO) 3.

Supplementary studies on Henneguya doneci Schulman, 1962 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) infecting the gill filaments of Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) in China: histologic, ultrastructural, and molecular data.

Henneguya doneci Schulman, 1962 was collected from the gill filaments of Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) in Hubei Province, China. The plasmodia located on the surface of the gill arches deformed the neighboring gill filaments. The size of the plasmodia ranged from 0.

Prevention of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis infestation in goldfish (Carassius auratus) by potassium ferrate(VI) treatment.

Ichthyophthirius multifiliis is an important freshwater teleost pathogen that often leads to significant economic losses to the aquaculture industry. The purpose of this study was to assess the acute toxicity of potassium ferrate(VI) to I. multifiliis theront and the concentration needed to prevent I.