Table 1 Infection rates of Azumiobodo hoyamushi among benthic organisms on the southern coast of Korea, measured by cultivation of tissues in minimal essential media (MEM)
Specimens | Â | Sampling period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tunicates | Collection source | Apr. 2014 | Aug. | Nov. | Feb. 2015 |
  Halocynthia roretzi | Hanging rope | 30 %(3/10) | 20 %(2/10) | 20 %(2/10) | 50 %(5/10) |
  Styela clava | Hanging rope | 20 %(1/5) | – | 40 %(4/10) | 60 %(3/5) |
  Pyura vittata | Hanging rope | – | 25 %(1/4) | 100 %(2/2) | 50 %(1/3) |
  Halocynthia roretzi | Bottom | – | 50 %(5/10) | 20 %(2/10) | 20 %(2/10) |
  Styela clava | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 30 %(3/10) | 0 %(0/5) | 60 %(3/5) |
  Styela plicata | Bottom | – | 25 %(1/4) | 0 %(0/5) | 60 %(3/5) |
  Pyura vittata | Bottom | – | 100 %(2/2) | – | 50 %(1/2) |
Echinoderms | |||||
  Asterias amurensis | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) |
  Asterina pectinifera | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) |
  Luidia quinaria | Bottom | – | 0 %(0/5) | – | 0 %(0/1) |
Bivalves | |||||
  Mytilus galloprovincialis | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/2) |
  Atrina pectinata | Bottom | – | 0 %(0/3) | – | 0 %(0/1) |
Sponge | |||||
 Unknown | Bottom | – | – | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/5) |
Algae | |||||
  Undaria pinnatifida | Bottom | 0 %(0/5) | 0 %(0/1) | - | 0 %(0/1) |
Seawater | |||||
 Seawater | Surface | 100 %(1/1) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/1) | 0 %(0/1) |
Bottom | 100Â %(1/1) | 0Â %(0/1) | 0Â %(0/1) | 0Â %(0/1) | |