The marine fish pathogen Pasteurella piscicida: identification serology and virulence
Dutch title: De mariene vispathogeen Pasteurella piscicida: identificatie serologie en virulentie Funder identifier: P103/3E970655 (Other contract id) Period: October 1997 till September 2001 Status: Completed
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Department of Biology; Systematics and Ecology of Animals Section; Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ollevier, Frans
Flemish Government; Economy, Science and Innovation; Intistute for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT), sponsor
Abstract
Pasteurella piscicida is a marine pathogen that is responsible for high economic losses in the culture of seabass and seabream
in the Mediterranean and yellowtail in Japan. Until recently there has been no efficient vaccin against pasteurellosis, the fish disease caused by P. piscicida.
This research aims:
to construct a bacterial collection that contains Pasteurella piscicida strains isolated from different geographical areas and the main affected fish species;
to gain more information about the epidemiology and taxonomy of P. piscicida and;
to study the virulence mechanism of the pathogen.
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