Open AccessPhage Specificity of the Freshwater Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium columnare
Author(s) -
Elina Laanto,
LottaRiina Sundberg,
Jaana K. H. Bamford
Publication year - 2011
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.05574-11
Subject(s) - pathogen , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , flavobacterium , freshwater fish , fish <actinopterygii> , bacteria , fishery , pseudomonas , genetics
Flavobacteria and their phages were isolated from Finnish freshwaters and fish farms. Emphasis was placed on finding phages infecting the fish pathogenFlavobacterium columnare for use as phage therapy agents. The host ranges of the flavobacterial phages varied, phages infectingF. columnare being more host specific than the other phages.
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