title: Experimental pathogenicity of aeromonas spp. for the zebra mussel, dreissena polymorpha
abstract: Experiments were conducted to determine whether species of Aeromonas were pathogenic to the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. A. jandaei, A. veronii, and A. media, identified with Biolog, were originally isolated from dead zebra mussels. When inoculated into living mussels, these bacteria resulted in the mortality of the bivalves. Two additional species, A. salmonicida salmonicida (ATCC 33678) and A. hydrophila (ATCC 7966), were also demonstrated to be pathogenic to the mussels. In addition to the pathogenicity, the data also suggest that the zebra mussels may be an important reservoir for these bacteria in freshwater environments.
authors.affiliation: Marquette University, Department of Biology, Wehr Life Sciences Building, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA.
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mitchell