FIG 3.

Infection dynamics of Vibrio harveyi in European abalone tissues. Concentrations or densities (bacterial count per ml of hemolymph or per 100 mg of tissue) in hemolymph (A), gills (B), digestive gland (C), and foot muscle (D) were estimated during the first hours of contact. Results are given as the average concentrations or densities of five biological replicates, estimated by plating tissues from organs treated or not treated with ethanol on kanamycin-LBS agar dishes and by qPCR using specific primers and a TaqMan probe. Bars indicate standard errors. No bacterium was detected in samples obtained at t₀ or in control individuals immersed in filtered seawater without V. harveyi in suspension.