| the bacterial community associated with the leech myzobdella lugubris leidy 1851 (hirudinea: piscicolidae) from lake erie, michigan, usa. | leeches are widespread in the great lakes basin, yet their potential to harbor disease-causing agents has not been investigated. the purpose of this study was to identify the bacterial community of the commonly occurring leech, myzobdella lugubris, within the lake erie watershed. leech samples were collected from the pectoral fins of channel catfish, ictalurus punctatus, and freshwater drum, aplodinotus grunniens, from lake erie in commercial trap nets and pooled into two samples based on host a ... | 2010 | 20597437 |
| antimicrobial susceptibilities of flavobacterium psychrophilum isolates from the great lakes basin, michigan. | flavobacterium psychrophilum is a serious pathogen of salmonids worldwide, a matter that is compounded by the lack of effective vaccine preparations. as a result, biosecurity measures and antimicrobial agents remain the only available methods to control diseases caused by f. psychrophilum. it is feared that antimicrobial use may have led to the development of f. psychrophilum strains with reduced susceptibility. therefore, the primary objective of this study was to determine the antimicrobial su ... | 2017 | 28068184 |
| gamete-associated flavobacteria of the oviparous chinook salmon (oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in lakes michigan and huron, north america. | flavobacterial diseases, caused by multiple members of the family flavobacteriaceae, elicit serious losses in wild and farmed fish around the world. flavobacteria are known to be transmitted horizontally; however, vertical transmission has been suspected but proven only for one fish-pathogenic flavobacterial species (e.g., flavobacterium psychrophilum). herein, we report on the isolation and molecular identification of multiple flavobacterium and chryseobacterium taxa from the ovarian fluid and ... | 2016 | 27350613 |
| flavobacterium psychrophilum infections in salmonid broodstock and hatchery-propagated stocks of the great lakes basin. | bacterial coldwater disease (bcwd), caused by flavobacterium psychrophilum, threatens wild and propagated salmonids worldwide and leads to substantial economic losses. in addition to being horizontally transmitted, f. psychrophilum can be passed from infected parents to their progeny, furthering the negative impacts of this pathogen. in michigan, both feral and captive salmonid broodstocks are the gamete sources used in fishery propagation efforts. a 5-year study was initiated to follow the prev ... | 2015 | 26636411 |
| diversity of fish-associated flavobacteria of michigan. | flavobacteriosis poses a serious threat to wild and propagated fish stocks alike, accounting for more fish mortality in michigan and its associated state fish hatcheries than all other pathogens combined. although this consortium of fish diseases has primarily been attributed to flavobacterium psychrophilum, f. columnare, and f. branchiophilum, herein we describe a diverse assemblage of flavobacterium and chryseobacterium spp. isolates recovered from diseased as well as apparently healthy wild, ... | 2013 | 23834635 |