Article
Independent emergence of Yersinia ruckeri biotype 2 in the United States and Europe.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2011
Welch Timothy J, Verner-Jeffreys David W, Dalsgaard Inger, Wiklund Thomas, Evenhuis Jason P, Cabrera Jose A Garcia, Hinshaw Jeffrey M, Drennan John D, LaPatra Scott E
Abstract excerpt
Biotype 2 (BT2) variants of the bacterium Yersinia ruckeri are an increasing disease problem in U.S. and European aquaculture and have been characterized as serovar 1 isolates that lack both peritrichous flagella and secreted phospholipase activity. The emergence of this biotype has been associated with an increased frequency of enteric redmouth disease (ERM) outbreaks in previously vaccinated salmonid fish. In...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
