title: Modulation of Mytilus trossulus (Bivalvia: Mollusca) larval survival and growth in culture. Short communication.
abstract: Commercial importance and ability to live in a wide range of salinities have made the common mussel, Mytilus trossulus, a relevant model to study modulation of larval growth and development. We investigated the effects of various salinities combined with neomycin and ampicillin application on Mytilus larvae survival and growth. Both neomycin and ampicillin enhanced trochophore and veliger survival under condition of low salinity. The average veliger size was increasing in accordance with the increase of salinity. In case of neomycin treatment 3.6% of the larvae reached the pediveliger stage. No abnormalities of larval morphology of the FMRFamide and 5-HT systems occurred after 7 days of culturing with both antibiotics.
authors: A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 690059 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors: Evgenia
authors: E
authors: Vekhova
authors: E G
authors: EG
authors: Ivashkin
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Yurchenko
authors: Anastasia
authors: A
authors: Chaban
authors: V A
authors: VA
authors: Dyachuk
authors: Marina Yu
authors: MY
authors: Khabarova
authors: Elena E
authors: EE
authors: Voronezhskaya
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D046508:Culture Techniques; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D049878:Mytilus / Q000254:growth & development*; D009355:Neomycin; D054712:Salinity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000667:Ampicillin; D009355:Neomycin