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Table 2 Induced mortality after 24 h of immersion in seawater contaminated with different concentrations of V. aestuarianus 02/041 on oyster batch 1 (N = 70, individual beakers)

From: Several strains, one disease: experimental investigation of Vibrio aestuarianus infection parameters in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas

Bacteria/mL

Log bacteria/mL

Induced mortality (%)

Experiment

First day of mortalities

0.3 × 104

3.40

0

1

/

0.8 × 104

3.90

0

2

/

3 × 104

4.46

0

1

/

0.5 × 105

4.70

30

2

5

5.1 × 105

5.33

60

1

4

7.9 × 105

5.90

70

2

4

  1. Oyster mortalities were checked daily. Experimental design is described in Additional file 1.