Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

Bacterial and viral diseases in aquaculture result in severe production and economic losses.
Among pathogenic bacteria, species belonging to the Vibrio genus are one of the most …

Coevolution between bacteriophages (phages) and their bacterial hosts occurs through
changes in resistance and counter-resistance mechanisms. To assess phage–host …

Plasmids play an important role in bacterial genome evolution by transferring genes
between lineages. Fitness costs associated with plasmid carriage are expected to be a …

Plasmid acquisition is an important mechanism of rapid adaptation and niche expansion in
prokaryotes. Positive selection for plasmid-coded functions is a major driver of plasmid …

Infectious diseases are mostly explored using reductionist approaches despite repeated
evidence showing them to be strongly influenced by numerous interacting host and …

In the marine environment, bivalve mollusks constitute habitats for bacteria of the
Vibrionaceae family. Vibrios belong to the microbiota of healthy oysters and mussels, which …

In August 2019, an outbreak of mass mortality occurred in the Pacific oysters farmed in
Shandong, China, resulting in over 60% mortality. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from …

Shifting environmental conditions are known to be important triggers of oyster diseases. The
mechanism (s) behind these synergistic effects (interplay between host, environment and …

Vibrio is a genus of ubiquitous heterotrophic bacteria found in aquatic environments.
Although they are a small percentage of the bacteria in these environments, vibrios can …