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The bacterial flora of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, and brown trout, Salmo trutta L., eggs and its relationship to developmental success
Author(s) -
BARKER G. A.,
SMITH S. N.,
BROMAGE N. R.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2761.1989.tb00317.x
Subject(s) - salmo , rainbow trout , biology , brown trout , hatching , cytophaga , zoology , bacteria , trout , flavobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , fishery , ecology , pseudomonas , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics
. The bacterial flora of rainbow, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, and brown trout, Salmo trutta L., eggs was studied during incubation. Few bacteria were considered to exist internally, although Pseudomonas species and Aeromonas hydrophila were isolated. During incubation, large numbers of bacteria approaching 500 colony forming units/mm 2 accumulated around egg surfaces. Both rainbow and brown trout eggs placed in a through‐flow system were colonized mainly by Pseudomonas sp. and A. hydrophila , whilst rainbow trout eggs in a separate recycling system were dominated by a Cytophaga species. Glass beads were also incubated (as an inert surface) and found to support significantly lower numbers of bacteria. Egg mortalities were recorded daily and found to differ significantly between both fish species and water conditions. Statistical analysis indicated a potentially significant correlation between hatching success and numbers of surface bacteria.