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Press Release 06-090
Lobsters Avoid Virus by Detecting Illness in Their Own Kind
Healthy animals shun sick ones
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Caribbean spiny lobsters, like these young lobsters under a loggerhead sponge, are social and prefer to share dens. Infectious diseases can be more easily transmitted to animals in close proximity.
Credit: Rodney Bertelsen, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
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Transmission electron microscope image shows the PaV1 iridovirus in blood cells of Caribbean spiny lobsters.
Credit: Jeff Shields, Virginia Institute for Marine Science |
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