Isolation of a Virulent <i>Aeromonas salmonicida</i> subsp. <i>masoucida</i> Bacteriophage and Its Application in Phage Therapy in Turbot ( <i>Scophthalmus maximus</i> )
Zhenhe Xu, Peng Jin, Xiangshan Zhou, Yuanxing Zhang, Qiyao Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Shuai Shao, Qin Liu
Abstract
A. salmonicida is an aquatic pathogen that can infect different fish and causes economic loss to the global aquaculture industry. Clinical strains of A. salmonicida have developed multidrug resistance, and phage therapy is being evaluated for controlling bacterial infections.
Topics & Concepts
TurbotScophthalmusBacteriophageBiologyIsolation (microbiology)VirulenceMicrobiologyAeromonas salmonicidaPhage therapyVirologyAeromonasBacteriaFish <Actinopterygii>GeneticsFisheryEscherichia coliGeneBacteriophages and microbial interactionsAquaculture disease management and microbiotaMicrobial infections and disease research