<i>Artemia salina</i> and <i>Venerupis philippinarum in vivo</i> assays.

<p><i>Artemia salina</i> nauplii observed under a magnifying glass (a). Percentage of survival of brine shrimp after inoculation with <i>V</i>. <i>coralliilyticus</i> VibC-Oc-193, <i>V</i>. <i>mediterranei</i> VibC-Oc-097, <i>V</i>. <i>owensii</i> VibC-Oc-106, and their transformants (b). Dead Manila clams showing open valves and decontracted muscle (c). Percentage of survival of Manila clams after the inoculation of <i>Vibrio coralliilyticus</i> VibC-Oc-193 and its transformants (d). Error bars represent standard deviations. Different letters above the bars indicate that the values are significantly different (P<0.05).