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Population structure of the fish-pathogenic bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Nicolas Pierre, Mondot Stanislas, Achaz Guillaume, Bouchenot Catherine, Bernardet Jean-François, Duchaud Eric
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Flavobacterium psychrophilum is currently one of the main bacterial pathogens hampering the productivity of salmonid farming worldwide, and its control mainly relies on antibiotic treatments. To better understand the population structure of this bacterium and its mode of evolution, we have examined the nucleotide polymorphisms at 11 protein-coding loci of the core genome in a set of 50 isolates. These isolates...
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