Dynamic response of clam Meretrix petechialis to Vibrio challenge revealed by a time series of transcriptome analysis

Meretrix petechialis is an important commercial aquaculture species in China. Unfortunately, a mass mortality event often occurred due to the Vibrio infection. In this paper, M. petechialis were applied to a Vibrio immersion challenge to simulate a natural infection, and four infection phases including latency, prodrome, onset and recovery phase were divided based on the mortality rates. Then, the dynamic response of clam to Vibrio infection at different infection phases were studied by transcriptome analysis.