Vibrio pectenicida Strain FHCF-3 is a Causative Agent of Sea Star Wasting Disease

Melanie Prentice1,2, Grace Crandall3, Amy M Chan4, Katherine M Davis5, Paul K Hershberger6, Jan F Finke4, Jason Hodin7, Andrew McCracken8, Colleen T E Kellogg9, Rute B G Clemente-Carvalho9, Carolyn Prentice9, Kevin X Zhong4, Drew Harvell10, Curtis A Suttle4 and Alyssa Gehman1,2, (1)Hakai Institute, Campbell River, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (4)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, (5)Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Port Townsend, United States, (6)US Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station, Nordland, United States, (7)University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, United States, (8)University of Vermont, Burlington, United States, (9)Hakai Institute, Campbell River, Canada, (10)Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, United States