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Effects Of Salinity On Bonamia Sp Survival In The Asian Oyster Crassostrea Ariakensis, C Audemard, Rb Carnegie, Na Stokes, Mj Bishop, Ch Peterson, Eugene M. Burreson

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A novel Bonamia sp. discovered in Bogue Sound, NC, has recently emerged as a parasitic threat to the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis. Because this oyster is being considered for introduction to the mid-Atlantic region, more data are needed to better evaluate the risks associated with this parasite. Field observations collected from North Carolina and information on other Bonamia spp. suggest an affinity for higher salinities, and direct transmissibility; in the absence of explicit experimental tests, however, this is largely hypothetical. Consequently, we used laboratory trials to test the direct transmissibility and the persistence of Bonamia sp. in infected triploid C. …