In Vitro Cultivation of Cells of the Oyster, Crassostrea virginica

Abstract

Cardiac tissue cells from oysters (Crassostrea virginica), cultured in a salt-enriched medium, apparently required a higher salt concentration for initiation of cell proliferation than that used for mammalian tissue cultures. The presence of human serum and bovine amniotic fluid enhanced the cell proliferation. Evidence of amitosis was observed in the cultured cells.