Implication of lateral genetic transfer in the emergence of Aeromonas hydrophila isolates of epidemic outbreaks in channel catfish.

To investigate the molecular basis of the emergence of Aeromonas hydrophila responsible for an epidemic outbreak of motile aeromonad septicemia of catfish in the Southeastern United States, we sequenced 11 A. hydrophila isolates that includes five reference and six recent epidemic isolates. Comparat...

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Main Authors: Mohammad J Hossain, Geoffrey C Waldbieser, Dawei Sun, Nancy K Capps, William B Hemstreet, Kristen Carlisle, Matt J Griffin, Lester Khoo, Andrew E Goodwin, Tad S Sonstegard, Steven Schroeder, Karl Hayden, Joseph C Newton, Jeffery S Terhune, Mark R Liles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835674?pdf=render