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Phase variation in Flavobacterium psychrophilum: characterization of two distinct colony phenotypes.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 18 May 2010
Högfors-Rönnholm Eva, Wiklund Tom
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Four 'smooth' and 4 'rough' colony phenotypes of the Gram-negative fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum isolated from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were characterized using biochemical, physiological, molecular and virulence tests to better understand the pathogenesis of the bacterium. Biochemically, the 2 cell types did not react significantly differently. Physiologically, the 2 phenotypes had distinct...
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