Abstract
Streptococcus iniae was isolated from diseased wild fish collected near a mariculture facility where gilthead sea bream and European sea bass exhibited a similar infection. Species-specific PCR and ribotyping confirmed that wild and cultured fish were infected by a single S. iniae clone. Wild fish are therefore potential amplifiers of pathogenic S. iniae strains.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Animals, Domestic
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Animals, Wild
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Bass
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Fish Diseases / microbiology
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Fish Diseases / transmission*
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Perciformes
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Streptococcal Infections / transmission
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Streptococcal Infections / veterinary*
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Streptococcus / classification*
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Streptococcus / genetics
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Streptococcus / isolation & purification