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- Title
Detection of Mycobacterium marinum, M. peregrinum, M. fortuitum and M. abscessus in aquarium fish.
- Authors
Puk, K.; Banach, T.; Wawrzyniak, A.; Adaszek, Ł; Ziętek, J.; Winiarczyk, S.; Guz, L.
- Abstract
The article presents a study that examines the presence of Mycobacterium marinum, M. peregrinum, M. fortuitum and M. abscessus in aquarium fish. Diseased fish showed clinical signs including lethargy, loss of appetite, cachexia, living alone in the corner of the aquarium, depigmentation and exophthalmia. Mycobacteria were kept in isolation on Lowenstein-Jensen egg medium (LJA) and incubated for ten weeks.
- Subjects
AQUARIUM fishes; MYCOBACTERIUM marinum; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; FISH diseases; TREMATODA; MYCOBACTERIA; EGG incubation
- Publication
Journal of Fish Diseases, 2018, Vol 41, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
0140-7775
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jfd.12666