Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Flavobacterium psychrophilum isolates from Ontario salmonids with bacterial coldwater disease

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 619-629

  Hesami, Shohreh ^a   Allen, Katie J ^a,b   Metcalf, Devon ^a   Ostland, Vaughn E ^a,c   MacInnes, Janet I ^a   Lumsden, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Kent SeaFarms   (United States)

Author keywords

16s rRNA; Biovar; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; HEALTH; PLANNING; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUMPS; STRAIN; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

16S RRNA; AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS; BIOVAR; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; HETEROGENITY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RAINBOW TROUT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (RFLP); RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; SALMONIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEM-LOOP;

ARSENIC;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COLD WATER; GENOTYPE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLDWATER DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; CANADA; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FISH; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INFECTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALMONID;

ANIMALS; CANADA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMONIDAE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 49449086873     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-058     Document Type: Article

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