Possible transmission of Streptococcus iniae from wild fish to cultured marine fish.
Streptococcus iniae was isolated from diseased wild fish collected near a mariculture facility where gilthead sea bream and European sea bass exhibited a similar infection. Species-specific PCR and ribotyping confirmed that wild and cultured fish were infected by a single S. iniae clone. Wild fish are therefore potential amplifiers of pathogenic S. iniae strains.
Department of Clinical Microbiology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001492:Bass; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D010473:Perciformes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification