Histamine-producing bacteria are responsible for scombrotoxin (histamine) fish poisoning, a leading cause of fish poisoning in the United States. We report here the first draft genomes of three histamine-producing Morganella psychrotolerans strains, isolated from tuna and mahi-mahi.

The most commonly used probiotic is usually characterized as gram positive, non motile, non sporulating bacteria that produce lactic acid as their main by product due to fermentation. The Morphological, Biochemical, Acid and Bile salt tolerance, Haemolytic test are used for identification and conformation of probiotic bacteria. Isolated Bacillus cereus was analyzed using the agar diffusion meth...

Veronaea botryosa is a melanized mold and cause of systemic fungal infections in cultured sturgeon (Acipenser spp.). Mortality in adult female sturgeon caused by this emergent pathogen results in significant economic losses for the caviar industry. Little is known regarding environmental conditions conducive to V. botryosa infection. This study evaluated the effect of temperature on V. botryosa...

Columnaris disease, caused by Flavobacterium columnare, is an urgent problem in Finnish fish farming. The occurrence of disease outbreaks has increased significantly at fish farms producing salmonid fingerlings in the inland freshwater area. The reasons for this are unclear, but we have previously suggested that the ecological and epidemiological factors of intensive farming, together with clim...

An effective vaccine against Edwardsiella tarda has not been reported in substitution for high concentration of formalin for the prevention of edwardsiellosis disease. In this study, the efficacy of inactivated E. tarda was evaluated and compared by intraperitoneal (IP) injection-immunization or challenge against Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). Formalin, formalin with heat, citric acid, press...

improving food quality is one the major issues for the food processing industry. since food produced from fish spoils quickly, it obviously cannot be kept for an extended time. the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of sodium polyphosphate and smoking on the shelf life of fish sausage that was produced from capoeta umbla and stored at 4±1°c. therefore, we designed four groups...

This is the first report that confirms waterborne transmission of francisellosis in Atlantic cod. To investigate the transmission of disease, particle reduced water was transferred from a tank with intraperitoneally infected cod to a tank with healthy cod. Waterborne transmission of Francisella noatunensis was confirmed in the effluent group using immunohistochemistry and real-time quantitative...