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Aetiology of an ulcerative disease in goldfish, Carassius auratus (L.): characterization of the causative agent
Author(s) -
SHOTTS E. B.,
TALKINGTON P. D.,
ELLIOTT DIANE G.,
MCCARTHY D. H.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1980.tb00442.x
Subject(s) - aeromonas salmonicida , carassius auratus , biology , cytosine , dna , homology (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , guanine , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics , gene , fishery , nucleotide
. A bacterium resembling Aeromonas salmonicida and determined to be the aetiologic agent of a cutaneous ulcerative disease in goldfish Carassius auratus (L.) was further characterized in this study. Forty‐five isolates of the bacterium (43 from the United States and one each position (moles % guanine plus cytosine) and DNA homology. The bacteriological atypical A. salmonicida previously described. Several important biochemical characteristics distinguished the goldfish isolates from typical A. salmanicida , but the DNA binding experiments indicated a high degree of relatedness between the goldfish isolates and typical A. salmonicida strains.