Surface phenotypic characteristics and virulence of Spanish isolates of Aeromonas salmonicida after passage through fish.

doi:10.1128/aem.61.5.2010-2012.1995

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Surface phenotypic characteristics and virulence of Spanish isolates of Aeromonas salmonicida after passage through fish.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 1995

Fernández A I, Pérez M J, Rodríguez L A, Nieto T P

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Eleven strains of Aeromonas salmonicida were passaged twice by intraperitoneal injection through rainbow trout and reisolated from the kidney of moribund fish. The surface characteristics and virulence of the strains changed following passage through fish. None of the in vitro tests used could ef...

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Aeromonas
Animals
Bacterial Adhesion
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Fish Diseases
Furunculosis
Kidney
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Phenotype
Spain
United States
Virulence

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