GRANT
NUMBER:
NA76FD0046
NMFS NUMBER: 96-SWR-003
REPORT
TITLE:
Investigation of the Role of Rickettsiales-like Procaryotes
and Withering Syndrome of Black Abalone: Koch's Postulattes
and Molecular Probes
AUTHOR:
Carolyn S. Friedman and Ronald P. Hedrick
PUBLISH
DATE: July
12, 2000
AVAILABLE
FROM: National
Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213. TELEPHONE:
(562) 980-4033
ABSTRACT
The objective
of the project was to establish the relationship between
Rickettsiales-like organisms (RLOs) and withering syndrome
of abalone (black and other species) by attempting to
fulfill Koch's Postulates and using epidemiological approaches.
The goals of the project were attained. Tools were developed
to detect, identify and establish that the Rickettsiales-like
procaryote (RPL) is the causative agent of withering syndrome
in abalone. Based on these results, the California Department
of Fish and Game has implemented a policy in which all
movement of animals from areas where the RPL has been
observed require a health examination and that no RPL-infected
abalone may be imported into waters not known to harbor
the bacterium.
