The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is the most important commercial oyster species cultivated in the world. Meanwhile, the ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) is one of the major pathogens affecting the Pacific oyster, and numerous mortality outbreaks related to this pathogen are now reported worldwide. To assess the genetic basis of resistance to OsHV-1 infection in spat C. gigas and to facilit...

BACKGROUND The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, has developed special mechanisms to regulate its osmotic balance to adapt to fluctuations of salinities in coastal zones. To understand the oyster's euryhaline adaptation, we analyzed salt stress effectors metabolism pathways under different salinities (salt 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40 for 7 days) using transcriptome data, physiology experiment...

The European flat oyster ( Ostrea edulis ) is an important keystone species in Scottish coastal waters. However due to anthropogenic pressures, significant reductions beds have been observed across Europe. In Scotland, several projects are currently aiming restore habitats through the translocation of juvenile oysters from various sources including hatcheries and aquaculture. However, shellfish...

Plastic is currently used in aquaculture as a material for settlement and magnification of oyster spats. weathering fragmentation under natural conditions can lead to the production micro nanoparticles additive leakage, with potential toxic effects on marine life. This study investigates exposure microplastic (MPs) cocktail derived from aged pediveliger larvae (Crassostrea gigas). The was made ...

Cryopreservation is widely used for long-term conservation of various tissues, embryos or gametes. However, few studies have described cryopreservation of invertebrate primary cell cultures and more particularly of marine invertebrate somatic cells. This technique would however be of great interest to facilitate the study of various metabolic processes which vary seasonally. The aim of the pres...