Title |
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat genotyping of Renibacterium salmoninarum, a bacterium causing bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fish
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Published in |
BMC Microbiology, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-13-285 |
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Authors |
Iveta Matejusova, Nicola Bain, Duncan J Colquhoun, Edward J Feil, Una McCarthy, Darryl McLennan, Michael Snow, David Verner-Jeffreys, I Stuart Wallace, Sarah J Weir, Malcolm Hall |
Abstract |
Bacterial kidney disease (BKD), caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum, is a bacterial disease of fish, which is both geographically widespread and difficult to control. Previously, application of various molecular typing methods has failed to reliably discriminate between R. salmoninarum isolates originating from different host species and geographic areas. The current study aimed to utilize multilocus variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) to investigate inter-strain variation of R. salmoninarum to establish whether host-specific populations exist in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout respectively. Such information would be valuable in risk assessment of transmission of R. salmoninarum in a multispecies aquaculture environment. |
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