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Characterization and Relatedness of Marine Vibrios Pathogenic to Fish: Physiology, Serology, and Epidemiology

R. E. Pacha, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1969 - 
- Vol. 100, Iss: 3, pp 1242-1247
TLDR
On the basis of morphological and cultural characteristics, the Pacific Northwest strains of Vibrio were found to be closely related to V. anguillarum, a known fish pathogen.
Abstract
Cultural characteristics and serological relationships of pathogenic marine vibrios isolated from fish in the Pacific Northwest were studied. These organisms were compared with cultures of Vibrio anguillarum, a known fish pathogen. On the basis of morphological and cultural characteristics, the Pacific Northwest strains of Vibrio were found to be closely related to V. anguillarum. Serological analyses of thermostable antigens served to distinguish three serotypes among the vibrios. Serotype 1 was composed of organisms isolated from Northwest salmonids; serotype 2 of strains of V. anguillarum from European waters; and serotype 3 of organisms isolated from Pacific herring. The epidemiology of vibrio disease among populations of fish in the Pacific Northwest is discussed.

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Taxonomy of Marine Bacteria: the Genus Beneckea

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Serotyping of Vibrio anguillarum.

TL;DR: A serotyping scheme based on the detection of O antigens by slide agglutination in fish-pathogenic strains of Vibrio anguillarum is presented and 90 strains received from culture collections and laboratories in different countries were typed according to the present system.
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A review of the taxonomy and seroepizootiology of Vibrio anguillarum, with special reference to aquaculture in the northwest of Spain

TL;DR: A review of the literature shows that although the number of serotypes of Vibrio anguillarum reported from different countries varies, most of the vibriosis outbreaks throughout the world are caused by only two serotypes: 01 and 0 2 (European serotype designation) as discussed by the authors.
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Vibrio anguillarum serovars associated with vibriosis in fish

TL;DR: In cod serovar O2 was dominant while only a minor proportion belonged to other serogroups or were non-typeable and the relative number of O2b isolates was considerably higher than in other fish species.
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Specificity of slide agglutination test for detecting bacterial fish pathogens

TL;DR: The slide agglutination test, using anti whole-cell sera and two antigen preparations (whole-cells and “O” antigen) for each strain, is useful for a rapid detection of fish pathogens, with the additional advantage of its applicability for serotyping studies.
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Isabel W. Smith
- 01 Feb 1961 - 
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