Article
Prevalence, geographic distribution and phenotypic differences of Piscirickettsia salmonis EM-90-like isolates.
Journal of fish diseases - 1 Aug 2017
Saavedra J, Hernandez N, Osses A, Castillo A, Cancino A, Grothusen H, Navas E, Henriquez P, Bohle H, Bustamante F, Bustos P, Mancilla M
Abstract excerpt
Early reports accounted for two main genotypes of Piscirickettsia salmonis, a fish pathogen and causative agent of piscirickettsiosis, placing the single isolate EM-90 apart from the prototypic LF-89 and related isolates. In this study, we provide evidence that, contrary to what has been supposed, the EM-90-like isolates are highly prevalent and disseminated across Chilean marine farms. Molecular analysis of 507...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Chile
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Fish Diseases
- Genotype
- Oncorhynchus
- Piscirickettsia
- Piscirickettsiaceae Infections
- Prevalence
