• Biogeography of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida inferred by vapA genotyping 

      Gulla, Snorre; Bayliss, Sion; Björnsdóttir, Bryndís; Dalsgaard, Inger; Haenen, Olga; Jansson, Eva; McCarthy, Una; Scholz, Felix; Vercauteren, Maaike; Verner-Jeffreys, David; Welch, Tim; Wiklund, Tom; Colquhoun, Duncan John (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-12)
      A recently described typing system based on sequence variation in the virulence array protein (vapA) gene, encoding the A-layer surface protein array, allows unambiguous subtyping of Aeromonas salmonicida. In the present ...
    • Reversible mutations in gliding motility and virulence genes: A flexible and efficient phage defence mechanism in Flavobacterium psychrophilum 

      Jørgensen, Jóhanna; Sundell, Krister; Castillo, Daniel; Dramshøj, Liv S.; Jørgensen, Natasja B.; Madsen, Susie B.; Landor, Lotta Anni Ingeborg; Wiklund, Tom; Donati, Valentina L.; Madsen, Lone; Dalsgaard, Inger; Middelboe, Mathias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Flavobacteria are among the most important pathogens in freshwater salmonid aquaculture worldwide. Due to concerns regarding development of antibiotic resistance, phage therapy has been proposed as a solution to decrease ...
    • Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR) analysis of Flavobacterium psychrophilum from salmonids in Chile and Norway 

      Apablaza, Patricia; Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen; Mjøs, Svein Are; Valdebenito, Samuel; Ilardi, Pedro; Battaglia, Juan; Dalsgaard, Inger; Nylund, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-14)
      Background Flavobacterium psychrophilum causes serious fish diseases such RTFS and BCWD, affecting the aquaculture industry worldwide. Commercial vaccines are not available and control of the disease depends on the use of ...