title: Surface phenotypic characteristics and virulence of Spanish isolates of Aeromonas salmonicida after passage through fish.
abstract: Eleven strains of Aeromonas salmonicida were passaged twice by intraperitoneal injection through rainbow trout and reisolated from the kidney of moribund fish. The surface characteristics and virulence of the strains changed following passage through fish. None of the in vitro tests used could effectively predict the in vivo virulence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo, Orense, Spain.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Nieto
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D013030:Spain; D014481:United States; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins