The topic of my Ph.D. thesis is : Antibacterial activity of marine sea cucumber and oyster against Staphylococcusaureus and vibrio My project integrates four important topics: (chapter 1) to test the antibacterial activity of the seacucumber Holothuria against the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. (chapter 2) to evaluate experimentally bacterial resistance against oyster antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). (chapter 3) to test if primed Vibrio bacteria colonize oysters better. (chapter 4) To investigate Vibrio resistance against AMPs in vitro.

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• Noushin Arfatahery ,et al ,Study of the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in marine and farmed shrimpsin Iran aiming the future developmentof a prophylactic vaccine, (Science Direct Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Procedia in Vaccinology 9 ( 2015 ) 44 – 49