Affiliation:
1. Área de Microbiología, Departamento de Biología Funcional, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo
2. SERIDA, Laboratorio de Sanidad Animal de Jove, 33299 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A multiplex PCR assay based on the 16S rRNA genes was developed for the simultaneous detection of three major fish pathogens,
Aeromonas salmonicida
,
Flavobacterium psychrophilum
, and
Yersinia ruckeri
. The assay proved to be specific and as sensitive as each single PCR assay, with detection limits in the range of 6, 0.6, and 27 CFU for
A. salmonicida
,
F. psychrophilum
, and
Y. ruckeri
, respectively. The assay was useful for the detection of the bacteria in artificially infected fish as well as in fish farm outbreaks. Results revealed that this multiplex PCR system permits a specific, sensitive, reproducible, and rapid method for the routine laboratory diagnosis of infections produced by these three bacteria.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
Cited by
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