The effects of infective Vibrio alginolyticus and its extracellular product (ECP) on host fish function are not well understood. In this study a partial biochemical characterization of the ECP from an infective strain of V. alginolyticus isolated from diseased silver sea bream Sparus sarba was achieved and the effects of live V. alginolyticus and ECP on hepatic heat shock protein (hsp) expressi...

This work reports on the phenotypic and serological characterization of Vibrio anguillarum related (VAR) organisms isolated from diseased fish, shellfish, and from the environment in different geographical areas. Reference strains of V. a n g u ~ l l a r u m (serotypes 0 1 to 010) and V splendidus (biotype I ) were lncluded for comparison. On the basis of numerical taxonomy analysis the stralns...

OBJECTIVES To identify the prevailing myths and misconception about vitiligo among the school students in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional study in 18 schools of Qassim Regions in Saudi Arabia, Data was collected by 486 pre-tested, self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaires included a section on social-demographic information (age, sex, education...

The indirect fluorescent antibody technique has been used successfully for the rapid serological identification of the Streptococcus sp. responsible for streptococcosis of rainbow trout. This technique has been used to identify the Streptococcus sp. in pure cultures and smears made from experimentally infected and diseased fish.

We sequenced and analyzed the complete genome of a fish nervous necrosis virus isolated from diseased sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus) in Guangdong Province, China. The virus genome contains RNA1 (3,103 bp) and RNA2 (1,433 bp). Phylogenetic analysis shows that the virus belongs to the redspotted grouper nervous necrosis virus genotype of betanodavirus.

We sequenced the complete genome of the highly virulent Aeromonas schubertii strain WL1483, which was isolated from diseased snakehead fish (Channa argus) in China. The full genome sequence of A. schubertii WL1483 is 4,400,034 bp, which encodes 4,376 proteins and contains 195 predicted RNA genes.

Sulfonamide-trimethoprim-resistant Aeromonas salmonicida and motile Aeromonas spp. from diseased fish of the GERM-Vet study carried the sul1 gene together with mostly cassette-borne trimethoprim resistance genes, including the novel gene dfrA28. The seven dfrA and dfrB genes identified were located mostly in class 1 integrons which commonly harbored other gene cassettes.

The Edwardsiella piscicida-like sp. is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that causes disease in some fish species. We report here the complete genome sequence of a virulent isolate from a diseased white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) raised on the Red Sea in Israel, which contains a chromosome of 3,934,167 bp and no plasmids.

Streptococcus agalactiae is a significant Gram-positive bacterial pathogen of terrestrial and aquatic animals. A subpopulation of nonhemolytic strains which appear to be pathogenic only for poikilotherms exists. We report here the first draft genome sequence of a nonhemolytic S. agalactiae isolate recovered from a diseased fish.