Epizootiological study of bacterial cold-water disease in Pacific salmon and further characterization of the etiologic agent, Flexibacterin psychrophila
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
By: R.C. Cipriano, W. B. Schill, J.D. Teska, and L.A. Ford
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Abstract
Isolates of Flexibacter psychrophila were obtained from chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and coho salmon O. kisutch that had previously sustained epizootics of coldwater disease. The pathogen was readily isolated from kidney and mucus of convalescent fish. The organisms were relatively inert in most standard microbiological media but were structurally and serologically homogenous by examination of whole cell protein lysates by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In contrast to the homogeneity observed in phenotypic and serologic assays, the isolates studied elaborated varied ribotypes. All isolates produced a single rDNA spacer amplification product of about 240 base pairs.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Epizootiological study of bacterial cold-water disease in Pacific salmon and further characterization of the etiologic agent, Flexibacterin psychrophila |
| Series title | Journal of Aquatic Animal Health |
| DOI | 10.1577/1548-8667(1996)008<0028:ESOBCW>2.3.CO;2 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Fisheries Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 28 |
| Last page | 36 |
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