Characterization of Francisella sp., GM2212, the first Francisella isolate from marine fish, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Ottem, Karl F ^a   Nylund, Are ^a   Karlsbakk, Egil ^a   Friis Møller, Alice ^b   Krossøy, Bjørn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Intervet Norbio AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Fatty acids; FopA; Francisella sp.; GM2212; Lipoprotein TUL4; LpnA; LpnB; Malate dehydrogenase; rRNA genes

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYSTEINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GELATIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; INDOLE; LACTOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN TUL4; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALTOSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN FOPA; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA; SUCROSE; SULFURIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FISH DISEASES; FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 34247168030     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0198-1     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Anda P, del Pozo JS, Garcia JMD et al (2001) Waterborne outbreak of tularemia associated with crayfish Wshing. Emerg Infect Dis 7:575-582
2. Barns SM, Grow CC, Okinaka RT, Keim P, Kuske CR (2005) Detection of diverse new Francisella-like bacteria in environmental samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:5494-5500
3. Forsman M, Sandstrøm G, Sjøstedt A (1994) Analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences of Francisella strains and utilization for determination of the phylogeny of the genus and for identification of strains by PCR. Int J Syst Bacteriol 44:38-46
4. Friis-Møller A, Lemming LE, Valerius NH, Bruun B (2004) Problems in identification of Francisella philomiragia associated with fatal bacteremia in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease. J Clin Microbiol 43:1840-1842
5. Greco D, Allegrini G, Tizzi T, Ninu E, Lamanna A, Luzi S (1987) A waterborne tularemia outbreak. Eur J Epidemiol 3:35-38
6. Hoel T, Scheel O, Nordahl SHG, Sandvik T (1991) Water- and airborne Francisella tularensis biovar palaearctica isolated from human blood. Infection 5:348-350
7. Hollis DG, Weaver RE, Steigerwalt AG, Wenger JD, Moss CW, Brenner DJ (1989) Francisella philomiragia comb. nov. (formerly Yersinia philomiragia) and Francisella tularensis biogroup novicida (formerly Francisella novicida) associated with human disease. J Clin Microbiol 27:1601-1608
8. Jensen WI, Owen CR, Jellison WL (1969) Yersinia philomiragia sp.n., a new member of the Pasturella group of bacteria, naturally pathogenic for the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica). J Bacteriol 100:1237-1241
9. Kamaishi T, Fukuda Y, Nishiyama M, Kawakami H, Matsuyama T, Yoshinaga T, Oseko N (2005) Identification and pathogenicity of intracellular Francisella bacterium in three-line Grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum. Fish Pathol 40:67-71
10. Karphoff SP, Antonoff NE (1936) The spread of tularemia through water, as a new factor in its epidemiology. J Bacteriol 32:243-258
11. Kay W, Petersen BO, Duus JØ, Perry MB, Vinogradov E (2006) Characterization of the lipopolysaccharide and β-glucan of the Wsh pathogen Francisella victoria. FEMS J 273:3002-3013
12. Lie O, Lambertsen G (1991) Fatty acid composition of glycero- phospholipids in seven tissues of cod (Gadus morhua), determined by combined high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography. J Chromatogr 565:119-129
13. Nicholas KB, Nicholas HBJ, Deerfield DWI (1997) GeneDoc: analysis and visualization of genetic variation. Emb-new. news 4:14
14. Niebylski ML, Peacock MG, Fisher ER, Porcella SF, Schwan TG (1997) Characterization of an endosymbiont infecting wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, as a member of the Genus Francisella. Appl Environ Microbiol 63:3933-3940
15. Noda H, Munderloh UG, Kurtti TJ (1997) Endosymbionts of ticks and their relationship to Wolbachia spp. and tick-borne pathogens of humans and animals. Appl Environ Microbiol 63:3926-3932
16. Nylund A, Ottem KF, Watanabe K, Karlsbakk E, Krossøy B (2006) Francisella sp. (Family Francisellaeceae) causing mortality in Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua) farming. Arch Microbiol 185:383-392
17. Olsen AB, Mikalsen J, Rode M, Alfjorden A, Hoel E, Straum-Lie K, Haldorsen R, Colquhoun DJ (2006) A novel systemic granulomatous inflammatory disease in farmed Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., associated with a bacterium belonging to the genus Francisella. J Fish Dis 29:307-311
18. Petersen JM, Schriefer ME (2005) Tularemia: emergence/reemergence. Vet Res 36:455-467
19. Reintjes R, Dedushaj I, Gjini A, Jorgensen TR, Cotter B, Lieftucht A, D'Ancona F, Dennis DT, Kosoy MA, Mulliqi-Osmani G, Grunow R, Kalaveshi A, Gashi L, Humolli I (2000) Tularemia outbreak investigation in Kosovo: case control and environmental studies. Emerg Infect Dis 8:69-73
20. Scoles GA (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of the Francisella-like endosymbionts of Dermacentor ticks. J Med Entomol 41:277-286
21. Sjøstedt AB (2005) Family III. Francisellaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT (eds) Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol II, Part B. The gamma-proteobacteria. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 199-210
22. Smibert RM, Krieg NR (1994) Phenotypic characterization. In: Gerhardt P, Murray RGE, Wood WA, Krieg NR (eds) Methods for general and molecular bacteriology. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, pp 607-654
23. Suitor EC, Weiss E (1961) Isolation of a rickettsia like microorganism (Wolbachia persica, n.sp.) from Argas persicus (Oken). J Infect Dis 108:95-106
24. Wenger JD, Hollis DG, Weaver RE, Baker CN, Brown GR, Brenner DJ, Broome CV (1989) Infection caused by Francisella philomiragia (formerly Yersinia philomiragia). A newly recognized human pathogen. Ann Intern Med 110:888-892
25. Whipp MJ, Davis JM, Lum G, de Boer J, Zhou Y, Bearden SW, Petersen JM, Chu MC, Hogg G (2003) Characterization of a novicida-like subspecies of Francisella tularensis isolated in Australia. J Med Microbiol 52:839-842