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Development and Characterization of a Largemouth Bass Cell Line
Author(s) -
Getchell Rodman G.,
Groocock Geoffrey H.,
Cornwell Emily R.,
Schumacher Vanessa L.,
Glasner Lindsay I.,
Baker Barry J.,
Frattini Stephen A.,
Wooster Gregory A.,
Bowser Paul R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1080/08997659.2014.922517
Subject(s) - micropterus , bass (fish) , biology , fishery , cell culture , lepomis macrochirus , centrarchidae , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics
The development and characterization of a new cell line, derived from the ovary of Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides , is described. Gonad tissue was collected from Largemouth Bass that were electrofished from Oneida Lake, New York. The tissue was processed and grown in culture flasks at approximately 22°C for more than 118 passages during an 8‐year period from 2004 to 2011. The identity of these cells as Largemouth Bass origin was confirmed by sequencing a portion of the cytochrome b gene. Growth rate at three different temperatures was documented. The cell line was susceptible to Largemouth Bass virus (LMBV) and its replication was compared with that of Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus fry (BF‐2), one of the cell lines recommended for LMBV isolation by the American Fisheries Society Fish Health Section Blue Book. Quantitative PCR results from the replication trial showed the BF‐2 cell line produced approximately 10‐fold more LMBV copies per cell than the new Largemouth Bass cell line after 6 d, while the titration assay showed similar quantities in each cell line after 1 week. Received February 18, 2014; accepted April 16, 2014