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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Flavobacterium psychrophilum isolates from Ontario salmonids with bacterial coldwater disease.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Aug 2008
Hesami Shohreh, Allen Katie J, Metcalf Devon, Ostland Vaughn E, MacInnes Janet I, Lumsden John S
Abstract excerpt
Flavobacterium psychrophilum is the causative agent of bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD) and rainbow trout fry syndrome. BCWD has a considerable economic impact on aquaculture operations in Ontario, Canada, and our limited understanding of the population structure and epidemiology of F. psychrophilum isolates is an impediment to the development of improved management strategies. Seventy-five 16S rRNA gene and...
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