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Host-specific association between Flavobacterium columnare genomovars and fish species.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Dec 2007
Olivares-Fuster Oscar, Baker Jeffrey L, Terhune Jeffery S, Shoemaker Craig A, Klesius Phillip H, Arias Covadonga R
Abstract excerpt
A total of 90 Flavobacterium columnare isolates were recovered from predominant wild fish species in the Mobile River, Alabama, USA. Isolates were identified and confirmed by fatty acid methyl ester analysis and specific PCR amplification. Genomovar ascription was performed using 16S-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. The majority of genomovar I isolates were recovered from threadfin shad...
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