Role of capsule in immunogenicity of Streptococcus iniae to Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-106

  Shutou, Kimihiro ^a   Kanai, Kinya ^a   Yoshikoshi, Kazuma ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule; Capsule deleted mutant; Immunoprotection; Japanese flounder; Paralichthys olivaceus; Streptococcus iniae

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 34548568931     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.42.101     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Artz, A. S., W. B. Ershler and D. L. Longo (2003): Pneumococcal vaccination and revaccination of older adults. Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 16, 308-318.
2. Harrison, L. H. (2006): Prospects for vaccine prevention of meningococcal infection. Clin. Micmbiol. Rev., 19, 142-164.
3. Kanai, K., M. Notohara, T. Kato, K. Shutou and K. Yoshikoshi (2006): Serological characterization of Streptococcus iniae strains isolated from cultured fish in Japan. Fish Pathol., 41, 57-66.
4. Kakuta, N., K. Kanai, J. Tsukahara, H. Ichinose and H. Sasaki (2004): Defense mechanism of Japanese flounder immunized with formalin-killed cells of Streptococcus iniae. Bull. Fac. Fish. Nagasaki Univ., 85, 21-29. (In Japanese with English abstract)
5. Kusuda, R., H. Sato, K. Kawai and M. Ninomiya (1996): Increase in immunobiological activities of yellowtail immunized with formalin-killed Enterococcus seriolicida. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 62, 780-784. (In Japanese with English abstract)
6. Laemmli, U. K. (1970): Cleavage of the structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature, 227, 680-685.
7. Lindahl, G., M. Stålhammar-Carlemalm and T. Areschoug (2005): Surface proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae and related proteins in other bacterial pathogens. Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 18, 102-127.
8. Nakatsugawa, T. (1983): A streptococcal disease of cultured flounder. Fish Pathol., 17, 281-285. (In Japanese with English abstract)
9. O'Riordan, K. and J. C. Lee (2004): Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharides. Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 17, 218-234.
10. Sakai, M., S. Atsuta and M. Kobayashi (1989): Protective immune response in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, vaccinated with β-haemolytic streptococcal bacterin. Fish Pathol., 24, 169-173.
11. Shutou, K., K. Kanai and K. Yoshikoshi (2007): Virulence attenuation of capsular polysaccharide-deleted mutants of Streptococcus iniae in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Fish Pathol., 42, 41-48.