Publications

Forbes ZR, Scro AK, Patel SH, Dourdeville KM, Prescott RL, Smolowitz RM. 2023.Fecal and cloacal microbiomes of cold-stunned loggerhead Caretta caretta, Kemp’s ridley Lepidochelys kempii, and green sea turtles Chelonia mydas. Endangered Species Research. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01220

Piesz JL, Scro AK, Corbett R, Lundgren KM, Smolowitz R, Gomez-Chiarri M. 2022. Development of a multiplex qPCR for the quantification of three protozoan parasites of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03694

Scro AK, Westphalen J, Kite-Powell HL, Brawley JW, Smolowitz RM. 2022. The effect of off-bottom versus on-bottom oyster culture on total and pathogenic Vibrio spp. abundances in oyster tissue, water and sediment samples. International Journal of Food Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109870

Pimentel ZT, Dufault-Thompson K, Russo KT, Scro AK, Smolowitz RM, Gomez-Chiarri M, Zhang Y. 2021. Microbiome analysis reveals diversity and function of Mollicutes associated with the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. mSphere. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00227-21

Scro AK, Lundgren KM, and Smolowitz R. 2019. Multiplex qPCR detection of non-pathogenic and pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus from oysters cultured in Massachusetts and Rhode Island: the reliability of MPN as an indicator. Journal of Shellfish Research. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.038.0112

Smolowitz R. 2018. A Review of QPX Disease In The northern quahog(= Hard Clam) Mercenaria mercenaria. Journal of Shellfish Research 37: 807-819. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0411

Huntsberger CJ, Hamlin JR, Smolowitz RJ, Smolowitz RM. 2017. Prevalence and description of Ichthyophonus sp. in yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) from a seasonal survey on Georges Bank. Fisheries Research 194: 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.05.012

Grimm C, Huntsberger C, Markey K, Inlgis S, Smolowitz R. 2016. Identification of a Mycobacterium sp. as the causative agent of orange nodular lesions in the Atlantic sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus. Disease of Aquatic Organisms 118: 247-258. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02961

Sohn S, Lundgren KM, Tammi K, Smolowitz R, Nelson DR, Rowley DC, Gómez-Chiarri M. 2016. Efficacy of Probiotics in Preventing Vibriosis in the Larviculture of Different Species of Bivalve Shellfish. Journal of Shellfish Research 35: 319-328. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0206

Sohn S, Lundgren KM, Tammi K, Karim M, Smolowitz R, Nelson DR, Rowley DC, Gómez-Chiarri M. 2016. Probiotic Strains for Disease Management in Hatchery Larviculture of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Shellfish Research 35: 307-317. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0205

Smolowitz R. 2013. A Review of Current State of Knowledge Concerning Perkinsus marinus Effects on Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) (the Eastern Oyster). Veterinary Pathology  50: 404-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985813480806

De Faveri J, Smolowitz RM, Roberts SB. 2009. Development and Validation of a Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assay for the Detection and Quantification of Perkinsus marinus in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica​. Journal of Shellfish Research 28: 459-464. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.028.0306