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Isolation of a Loma salmonae variant: biological characteristics and host range
Author(s) -
Sánchez J. G.,
Speare D. J.,
Markham R. J. F.,
Jones S. R. M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb00141.x
Subject(s) - salvelinus , salmo , oncorhynchus , fontinalis , chinook wind , biology , trout , rainbow trout , zoology , fishery , salmonidae , range (aeronautics) , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , materials science , composite material
A Salvelinus ‐infecting variant of Loma salmonae , derived from naturally‐infected Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha by serial passage through brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis , has been isolated and amplified. Loma salmonae SV ( Salvelinus ‐variant) has a high preference for species of Salvelinus (brook trout and Arctic charr S. alpinus ) and low virulence and preference for species of Oncorhynchus (rainbow trout O. mykiss , Chinook salmon, cohoSalmon O. kisutch ) or Salmo (Atlantic salmon Salmo salar ). Although this variant of L. salmonae was different from the original, the differences do not justify describing it as a new species, although definitive determination is pending.