title: Survival of cells and DNA of Aeromonas salmonicida released into aquatic microcosms.
abstract: The survival of the bacterial fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida, and persistence of its DNA, were monitored in aquatic microcosms using selective culture and most probable number PCR. Bacterial cells and naked DNA were released into natural non-sterile microcosms consisting of lake sediment overlayered with lake water. Two different types of surface sediment were used. One was sandy in character, taken from the shoreline whilst the other was a littoral loamy surface mud. Inoculated cells and naked DNA became undetectable from water overlayers within 4 weeks of release. Colony counts of Aer. salmonicida declined below detectable limits after 4 weeks in loamy sediment or 7 weeks in sandy sediment; however, naked DNA and DNA from released cells remained detectable for more than 13 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deere
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Pickup
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002470:Cell Survival; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial