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A Filamentous Bacterium On The Brine Shrimp And Its Control, Mobashir A. Solangi, Robin M. Overstreet, Ann L. Gannam
A Filamentous Bacterium On The Brine Shrimp And Its Control, Mobashir A. Solangi, Robin M. Overstreet, Ann L. Gannam
Gulf and Caribbean Research
A strain of a colorless, filamentous bacterium (tentatively identified as Leucothrix mucor) heavily infests the brine shrimp, Artemia salina. Its ultrastructure, unlike that of some other strains, does not reveal a distinct middle layer between its outer cell wall layer and cytoplasmic membrane, irregular blebs extending from the cell layers, or an external sheath. An entire infestation, represented as a mat of the bacterium with associated debris and microorganisms, sloughs from the shrimp when exposed to a variety of treatments. Primarily because most effective treatments are toxic to the shrimp, 100 ppm terramycin provides the treatment of choice.