Table 1. Bacterial strains used in this study isolated from different hosts and origins, and specificity of Taqman qPCR method for the detection of virB4 gene in strains pathogenic for clams.

Strain	Vibrio species	Source and location isolation	Strain reference	Virulencea	qPCRb
CECT4600T	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Paillard & Maes, 1995b	+d	+
FPC 1121	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Japan	Matsuyama et al., 2010	+	–
IS 1	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
IS 5	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
IS 7	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Quiberon, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
IS 8	V. tapetis	Venerupis aurea, Quiberon, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
IS 9	V. tapetis	Cerastoderma edule, Quiberon, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
P16B	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Morbihan Gulf, France	Allam, Paillard & Ford, 2002	+d	+
RD 0705	V. tapetis	Venerupis decussatus, Galicia, Spain	Novoa et al., 1998	+d	+
RP 11.2	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
RP 2.3	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
RP 8.17	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
RP 9.7	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Landéda, France	Borrego et al., 1996	+d	+
UK6	V. tapetis	Venerupis philippinarum, Poole Harbour, UK	Allam, Paillard & Auffret, 2000	+d	+
S2-2	V. tapetis	Solea Solea, Norway	S Mortensen, 2009, unpublished data	−c	–
LP2	V. tapetis	Symphodus melops, Bergen, Norway	Jensen et al., 2003	−d	–
HH6087	V. tapetis	Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Inverailort, UK	Reid et al., 2003	−d	–
LMG 20012T	V. tasmaniensis	Salmo Salar L., Tasmania Australia	Thompson, Thompson & Swings, 2002	−d	–
LMG 4042T	V. splendidus	marine fish	Le Roux et al., 2004	−d	–
LMG 19703T	V. shilonii	Oculina patagonica, Mediterranean sea	Kushmaro et al., 2001	nd	–
LMG 20539T	V. kanaloe	Ostrea edulis larvae, France	Thompson, 2003	nd	–
CIP 107166T	V. lentus	cultivated oyster, Spain	Macián et al., 2001	nd	–
LMG 16745T	V. chagasii	marine fish	Le Roux et al., 2004	nd	–
775 (ATCC 68554)	V. anguillarum	Oncorhynchus kisutch, US Pacific Coast	Crosa, Schiewe & Falkow, 1977	nd	–
02/041	V. aestuarianus	Crassostrea gigas, Argenton, France	Garnier et al., 2007	nd	–
P9	Halomonas sp. 33	Venerupis philippinarum, Marennes, France	Paillard et al., 2006	−d	–
CF6	V. splendidus	Crepidula formicata	Choquet, 2004	−d	–
GM4	Vibrio. sp.	Venerupis philippinarum, Morbihan Gulf, France	Paillard et al., 2006	−d	–
ORM4	V. harveyi	moribund abalone, France	Austin & Zhang, 2006	−c	–

Notes.

^aVirulence in vivo on Venerupis philippinarum.

^bReal-time PCR results.

^cUnpublished.

^dPublished on Choquet thesis Choquet, 2004.

^ndNot determined.