Multilocus electrophoretic assessment of the genetic structure and diversity of Yersinia ruckeri

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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Abstract

Multilocus isoenzyme electrophoresis was used to screen 47 field isolates of Yersinia ruckeri for electrophoretic variation at 15 enzyme loci. Only four electrophoretic types were observed, thus indicating that the genetic structure of Y. ruckeri is clonal. Forty-two isolates were of one electrophoretic type, a reflection of the low amount of genetic diversity extant in this species. Although sorbitol fermentation has been considered to be indicative of a second biotype, no significant gene frequency differences were found between the group of 20 isolates that readily used sorbitol as the sole carbon source and the group of 27 that did not.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Multilocus electrophoretic assessment of the genetic structure and diversity of Yersinia ruckeri
Series title Applied and Environmental Microbiology
DOI 10.1128/aem.48.5.975-979.1984
Volume 48
Issue 5
Year Published 1984
Language English
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 5 p.
First page 975
Last page 979
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