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Vibrio anguillarum: Prevalence of typical and atypical strains in marine recipients with special reference to carbohydrate pollution

Vibrio anguillarum: Ρrevalens af typiske og atypiske stammer i kulhydratforurenede marine recipienter

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 26, pages 449–460 (1985)Cite this article

Abstract

Primary isolates of Vibrio anguillarum-like organisms could be separated into typical V. anguillarum (VA) and atypical V. anguillarum (AVA) by biochemical tests. The prevalence of the fish pathogenic V. anguillarum was highly influenced by carbohydrate pollution as compared to the AVA. Water an sediment counts of VA generally increased at the polluted sites during April-May and persisted at a level of approx. 100/ml water and 1,000/g sediment until October-November. A further increase in VA counts could be registered locally at the time when the sugar beet processing season started (September-October). At the control site VA counts increased during June-July to a level of 10/ml persisting until August, while the only increase in sediment counts occurred in September (100/g). The maximum counts in water and sediment were at the control site 10/ml and 100/g and the polluted sites 100,000/ml and 50,000/g, respectively.

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Primære isolater af Vibrio anguillarum-lignende organismer (VLO) opdeltes efter biokemiske kriterier i typiske V. anguillarum (VA) og atypiske V. anguillarum (AVA). Prævalensen af den fiskepatogene bakterie V. anguillarum (VA) påvirkedes i høj grad af kulhydratforurening i modsætning til AVA.

Stigninger i den numeriske forekomst af VA i vand og sediment på de forurenede lokaliteter fandt sted i april-maj i relation til stigende vandtemperaturer. De typiske værdier for vand var ca, 100/ml vand og for sediment 1000/g. Dette niveau holdt sig indtil oktobernovember. En yderligere stigning i VA tallene registreredes i relation til sukkerkampagnens start (september-oktober).

På kontrollokaliteten steg VA-tallene i løbet af juni-juli til ca. 10/ml men faldt igen i august. Den eneste stigning i sedimenttallene påvistes i september (100/g). De maksimale forekomster af VA fandtes på kontrollokaliteten at være 10/ml vand og 100/g sediment, medens de tilsvarende tal på de forurenede steder var 100.000/ml vand og 50.000/g sediment.

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Larsen, J.L. Vibrio anguillarum: Prevalence of typical and atypical strains in marine recipients with special reference to carbohydrate pollution. Acta Vet Scand 26, 449–460 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546517

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