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Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
20824
World Ranking
1293
National Ranking
572

Overview

Donald V. Lightner was affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their academic career included contributions to various areas of research within their fields of study.

Throughout their career, Lightner focused on topics relevant to their discipline, although no specific main fields of study, subfields, or research topics are documented in the available data. Their publication record does not include recent papers or widely noted co-authors and publication venues.

No book publications or awards have been recorded for Lightner, indicating limited public information regarding such contributions. The absence of these details reflects a primarily academic or research-focused career without widely recognized accolades or major publication milestones listed here.

Lightner was deceased at the time of this profile, and the presentation adheres to past tense to reflect this status accurately.

Best Publications

  • Determination of the infectious nature of the agent of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome affecting penaeid shrimp

    Loc Tran;Linda Nunan;Rita M. Redman;Leone L. Mohney

  • A handbook of shrimp pathology and diagnostic procedures for diseases of cultured penaeid shrimp

    Donald V Lightner

  • Handbook of Normal Penaeid Shrimp Histology

    Thomas A. Bell;Donald V. Lightner

  • The opportunistic marine pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus becomes virulent by acquiring a plasmid that expresses a deadly toxin

    Chung Te Lee;I. Tung Chen;I. Tung Chen;Yi Ting Yang;Yi Ting Yang;Tzu Ping Ko

  • Shrimp diseases and current diagnostic methods.

    D.V Lightner;R.M Redman

  • Disease will limit future food supply from the global crustacean fishery and aquaculture sectors.

    G. D. Stentiford;D. M. Neil;E. J. Peeler;J. D. Shields

  • Virus diseases of farmed shrimp in the Western Hemisphere (the Americas): A review

    Unknown

  • Photorhabdus insect-related (Pir) toxin-like genes in a plasmid of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, the causative agent of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) of shrimp.

    Jee Eun Han;Kathy F. J. Tang;Loc H. Tran;Donald V. Lightner

  • Historic emergence, impact and current status of shrimp pathogens in the Americas.

    D.V. Lightner;R.M. Redman;C.R. Pantoja;K.F.J. Tang

  • Detection of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in Mexico

    Linda Nunan;Donald Lightner;Carlos Pantoja;Silvia Gomez-Jimenez

  • Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis, a newly recognized virus disease of penaeid shrimp

    D.V. Lightner;R.M. Redman;T.A. Bell

  • Purification and characterization of infectious myonecrosis virus of penaeid shrimp.

    Bonnie T. Poulos;Kathy F. J. Tang;Carlos R. Pantoja;Jean Robert Bonami

  • Taura syndrome in Penaeus vannamei : demonstration of a viral etiology

    K. W. Hasson;D. V. Lightner;B. T. Poulos;R. M. Redman

  • A viral disease associated with mortalities in hatchery-reared postlarvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

    Jean Michel Arcier;François Herman;Donald V. Lightner;Rita M. Redman

  • Biosecurity in Shrimp Farming: Pathogen Exclusion through Use of SPF Stock and Routine Surveillance

    Donald V. Lightner

  • The role of selective breeding and biosecurity in the prevention of disease in penaeid shrimp aquaculture

    Shaun M. Moss;Dustin R. Moss;Steven M. Arce;Donald V. Lightner

  • Experimental Infection of Western Hemisphere Penaeid Shrimp with Asian White Spot Syndrome Virus and Asian Yellow Head Virus

    D. V. Lightner;K. W. Hasson;B. L. White;R. M. Redman

  • Purification and characterization of the infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus of penaeid shrimps

    Jean-Robert Bonami;Bronwen Trumper;Jocelyne Mari;Michel Brehelin

  • Risk of spread of penaeid shrimp viruses in the Americas by the international movement of live and frozen shrimp.

    Unknown

  • Shrimp Taura syndrome virus: genomic characterization and similarity with members of the genus Cricket paralysis-like viruses

    Jocelyne Mari;Jocelyne Mari;Bonnie T. Poulos;Donald V. Lightner;Jean Robert Bonami

  • Application of gene probes as diagnostic tools for White Spot Baculovirus (WSBV) of penaeid shrimp

    Stephanie Durand;Donald V. Lightner;Linda M. Nunan;Rita M. Redman

  • The detection of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Yellow Head Virus (YHV) in imported commodity shrimp

    L.M Nunan;B.T Poulos;D.V Lightner

Frequent Co-Authors

Chu Fang Lo
Chu Fang Lo National Cheng Kung University
Grant D. Stentiford
Grant D. Stentiford Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Tzu-Ping Ko
Tzu-Ping Ko Academia Sinica
Andrew H.-J. Wang
Andrew H.-J. Wang Academia Sinica
Timothy W. Flegel
Timothy W. Flegel Mahidol University
Max L. Nibert
Max L. Nibert Harvard University
Klaus Brendel
Klaus Brendel University of Arizona
Charles P. Gerba
Charles P. Gerba University of Arizona
Ronald P. Hedrick
Ronald P. Hedrick University of California, Davis
Said A. Ghabrial
Said A. Ghabrial University of Kentucky

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