Alteration of virulence factors and rearrangement of pAsa5 plasmid caused by the growth of Aeromonas salmonicida in stressful conditions

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Daher, Rana K ^a,b   Filion, Geneviève ^a,b   Tan, Sok Gheck E ^b   Dallaire Dufresne, Stéphanie ^a,b   Paquet, Valérie E ^a,b   Charette, Steve J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Dictyostelium discoideum; Furunculosis; Plasmid; Rearrangement; Stressful conditions; Type three secretion system; Virulence; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

A LAYER PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASA 5 PLASMID; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FISH DISEASES; PLASMIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 80051826510     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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