Difference in thermotolerance between green and red color variants of the Japanese sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka: Hsp70 and heat-hardening effect.

Erratum to: Draft genome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and genetic polymorphism among color variants

The Japanese sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus Selenka 1867) is an economically important species as a source of seafood and ingredient in traditional medicine. It is mainly found off the coasts of northeast Asia. Recently, substantial exploitation and widespread biotic diseases in A. japonicus have generated increasing conservation concern. However, the genomic knowledge base and resources ...

Mortality of the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka, exposed to acute salinity decrease and related physiological responses: Osmoregulation and heat shock protein expression

Genome Sequences of Two Shewanella spp. Isolated from the Gut of the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka, 1867)

In this study, we sequenced the genomes of two Shewanella spp., newly isolated from the gut of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka, 1867). The whole-genome sequences reported here will expand the repertoire of genomic information for the members of the genus Shewanella and will provide important insights into their roles within microbial communities.

Heat stress-mediated gene expression in the body wall of the Japanese sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

Suppression subtractive hybridization was used to analyze the differences in gene expression in the body wall of the Japanese sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus, induced by heat stress (28°C), in order to understand the response at the molecular level. A total of 737 clones was selected and analyzed, and 165 distinct sequences were obtained, with 65 sharing similarity to sequences in public da...

Eelgrass Detritus as a Food Source for the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Echinidermata: Holothuroidea) in Coastal Waters of North China: An Experimental Study in Flow-Through Systems

Eelgrass ecosystems have a wide variety of ecological functions in which living tissues and detritus may be a food source for many marine animals. In this study, we conducted a laboratory simulating experiment to understand the trophic relationship between the eelgrass Zostera marina L and the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. A mixture of decaying eelgrass debris and seafloor surface muddy ...