“…A total of 250 mussels were randomly divided into five groups. The immune challenge assay was performed as in our previous study [ 60 ], in a word, the mussels of five treatment groups were injected in the adductor with 100 μL live Vibrio alginolyticus (3 × 10 7 CFU/mL), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (L3024, Sigma, from Escherichia coli O111: B4, 50 μg/mL), peptidoglycans (PGN) (77140, Sigma, from Staphylococcus aureus , 0.5 mg/mL), glucan (GLU) (G5011, Sigma, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae , 1 mg/mL), or polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), (P9582, Sigma, 1 mg/mL), respectively. Of these, V. alginolyticus was obtained from the diseased mussels as the pathogenic bacteria and the rest were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Shanghai).…”