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Genetic diversity of Flavobacterium psychrophilum isolated from rainbow trout in France: predominance of a clonal complex.
Veterinary microbiology - 28 Dec 2012
Siekoula-Nguedia C, Blanc G, Duchaud E, Calvez S
Abstract excerpt
Flavobacterium psychrophilum is the causative agent of "bacterial cold water disease" and "rainbow trout fry syndrome" in salmonid farming worldwide. These diseases, especially rainbow trout fry syndrome, are among the main hazards for French aquaculture. In this study, a multilocus sequence typing approach (MLST) was used to evaluate the genetic diversity of this bacterium. Seven housekeeping genes in a set of...
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