Intensive aquaculture selects for increased virulence and interference competition in bacteria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1826, 2016, Pages

  Sundberg, Lotta Riina ^a   Ketola, Tarmo ^a   Laanto, Elina ^a   Kinnula, Hanna ^a   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a   Penttinen, Reetta ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Evolution; Fish farming; Flavobacterium columnare; Pathogen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH CULTURE; FOOD PRODUCTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTENSIVE CULTURE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; EVOLUTION; FINLAND; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONID; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FINLAND; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PERCHES; SALMONIDAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84960194877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.3069     Document Type: Article

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