A bacterium with close genetic identity to Pseudomonas mandelii associated with spring fish kills in wild bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque and pumpkinseed sunfish Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus)

• Published in: Journal of fish diseases Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 1757 - 1764
• Main Authors: Lovy, J, Dicarlo‐Emery, D, Hutcheson, J M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic environment; Bacteremia; Bacteria; Cultures; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA Gyrase - genetics; DNA topoisomerase; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Fish; Fish diseases; Fish Diseases - microbiology; Freshwater fishes; Gene sequencing; Genetic analysis; gyrB; Immunosuppression; Kidney - microbiology; Kidneys; Lepomis gibbosus; Lepomis macrochirus; Mass mortality; New Jersey; Nucleotide sequence; Perciformes - microbiology; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas - classification; Pseudomonas - genetics; Pseudomonas - isolation & purification; Pseudomonas - physiology; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Pseudomonas Infections - veterinary; Pseudomonas mandelii; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; rpoD; rRNA 16S; Species; Spring; sunfish; Temperature; Water temperature; gyrB; bacteria; Pseudomonas mandelii; sunfish; rpoD

Pseudomonas fluorescens are known bacterial pathogens in fish. The P. fluorescens group contains at least nine different bacterial species, although species from fish have rarely been differentiated. Two isolated fish kills affecting wild bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, and pumpkinseed su...