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Pseudomonas plecoglossicida sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial haemorrhagic ascites of ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Nishimori E, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Wakabayashi H
Abstract excerpt
A new Pseudomonas species, for which the name Pseudomonas plecoglossicida is proposed, was isolated from cultured ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) with bacterial haemorrhagic ascites. The causative agent was similar to Pseudomonas putida biovar A in its phenotypic characteristics and on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, but it reduced nitrate to nitrite. Furthermore, it was distinguished phenotypically...
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