Open AccessPotential of the Melanophore Pigment Response for Detection of Bacterial Toxicity
Author(s) -
Stephanie R. Dukovcic,
Janine R. Hutchison,
Janine E. Trempy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.01241-10
Subject(s) - bacillus cereus , chromatophore , biology , aeromonas salmonicida , yersinia ruckeri , oncorhynchus , microbiology and biotechnology , melanophore , rainbow trout , pigment , pathogen , flavobacterium , bacteria , pseudomonas , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry
Chromatophore cells have been investigated as potential biodetectors for function-based detection of chemically and biologically toxic substances.Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (chinook salmon) melanophores, a chromatophore cell type containing brown pigment, rapidly detect the salmonid pathogensAeromonas salmonicida ,Yersinia ruckeri , andFlavobacterium psychrophilum and the human pathogenBacillus cereus .