Possible transmission of Streptococcus iniae from wild fish to cultured marine fish

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1998 Oct;64(10):4065-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.64.10.4065-4067.1998.

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

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Animals, Wild
  • Bass
  • Fish Diseases / microbiology
  • Fish Diseases / transmission*
  • Perciformes
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Streptococcal Infections / transmission
  • Streptococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Streptococcus / classification*
  • Streptococcus / genetics
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification