Journal
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 199-204Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2005.00616.x
Keywords
Brazil; characterization; fish disease; Flavobacterium columnare; isolation; Oreochromis niloticus
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Flavobacterium columnare is an important pathogen of freshwater fish, implicated in skin and gill disease, often causing high mortality. An outbreak of skin disease in fingerling and adult Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), cultivated in a recirculation system, was investigated. Four strains were isolated and characterized by biochemical reactions, enzyme production, fatty acid profile and analysis of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region. All strains were identified as F. columnare. Experimental infection assays with one of these strains (BZ-5-02) were conducted and pathogenicity (by intramuscular route) was demonstrated in Nile tilapia and channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). This is the first report of characterization of Brazilian strains of F. columnare.
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