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Ewa Paździor1, Agnieszka Pękala-Safińska1, Dariusz Wasyl2
1Department of Fish Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland.
Abstract:
Different Shewanella species are isolated both from healthy and from diseased fish. To date, contemporary methods do not provide sufficient insight to determine species and detail differentiation between tested strains. Bacteria isolated from cultured (n = 33), wild (n = 12) and ornamental (n = 6) fish, as well as several reference strains, were tested by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, ERIC-PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) assays. Our study indicates that isolates collected from freshwater fish were genetically diverse. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, bacteria were clustered into groups S. putrefaciens, S. xiamenensis and S. oneidensis. Some isolates were classified only to genus Shewanella; thus, 16S rRNA gene analyses were not enough to determine the species. ERIC-PCR revealed 49 different genotype profiles indicating that the method might be useful for differentiation of Shewanella isolates irrespectively to species identification, contrary to PFGE which is not suitable for Shewanella typing.
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