title: Phage specificity of the freshwater fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare.
abstract: Flavobacteria and their phages were isolated from Finnish freshwaters and fish farms. Emphasis was placed on finding phages infecting the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare for use as phage therapy agents. The host ranges of the flavobacterial phages varied, phages infecting F. columnare being more host specific than the other phages.
authors: Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors: Elina
authors: E
authors: Laanto
authors: Lotta-Riina
authors: LR
authors: Sundberg
authors: Jaana K H
authors: JK
authors: Bamford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005387:Finland; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000821:virology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D058507:Host Specificity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral