| identification and characterization of vibrio harveyi associated with diseased abalone haliotis diversicolor. | mass mortality of farmed small abalone haliotis diversicolor occurred in fujian, china, from 2009 to 2011. among isolates obtained from moribund abalones, the dominant species ap37 exhibited the strongest virulence. after immersion challenge with 106 cfu ml-1 of ap37, abalone mortalities of 0, 53 and 67% were induced at water temperatures of 20°c, 24°c, and 28°c, respectively. following intramuscular injection, ap37 showed a low ld50 (median lethal concentration) value of 2.9 × 102 cfu g-1 (colo ... | 2013 | 23548363 |