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MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 213-219Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2001.0464
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Vibrio salmonicida; siderophore; iron; cold water vibriosis; iron-regulated outer membrane proteins
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Vibrio salmonicida is the causative agent of cold water vibriosis, a haemorrhagic septicaemia of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The disease is observed only at low water temperatures and not normally above 10 degreesC. Siderophore production and iron regulated outer membrane protein expression was studied at various temperatures. Although in iron-limited media optimal cell growth was identified at 12 degreesC, significant quantities of a single hydroxamate siderophore were produced only at 10 degreesC or below. Dependent on inoculant size, good growth without significant siderophore production was also observed in iron-limited media at temperatures above and below 10 degreesC. It is therefore likely that V salmonicida also possesses one or more non-siderophore based iron assimilation systems. Expression of high molecular weight iron-regulated outer membrane proteins appeared to be suppressed at 15 degreesC compared to expression at 6 and 10 degreesC. It is proposed that temperature sensitive iron sequestration may constitute a significant virulence factor in V salmonicida and may have implications for vaccine manufacture. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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