| disease and mortality among yesso scallops patinopecten yessoensis putatively caused by infection with francisella halioticida. | during the fall of 2015, up to 40% mortality occurred in juvenile yesso scallops patinopecten yessoensis at an aquaculture site in baynes sound, british columbia, canada. macroscopic lesions were present in 11% of the scallops, and histopathology consisting of multifocal and diffuse haemocyte infiltration was observed in 44% of the specimens examined. histologically, small gram-negative intracellular bacteria-like particles were observed within necrotic haemocytes of the lesions, suggesting a ba ... | 2017 | 28627495 |