lecithinase/necrosis

Pure bacterial cultures were isolated from diseased snakeheads, Channa maculata (Lacepède), suffering high mortality in a farm in Zhongshan, southern China. Three isolates, namely ZS20100725, ZS20100725-1 and ZS20100725-2, were identified as Aeromonas schubertii. All the isolates showed high 16S

Studies were conducted to determine the cause of high mortalities of cultured half-smooth tongue sole Cynoglossus semilaevis. Gross signs of disease included loss of appetite, erratic swimming, and haemorrhages on the head, opercula and base of fins, dorsal fin rot, swollen abdomen filled with

Peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel) is a popular ornamental potted plant in Argentina. During May of 2008 (austral autumn), necrotic lesions of unknown etiology were observed on S. wallisii in a nursery in Pontevedra (34°45'6″S, 58°42'42″W). Plants first showed water-soaked areas starting from

Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is one of the most economically important tree crops in Italy. Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina (Xac) causes bacterial blight of hazelnut (4). During early summer 2010, a survey of three orchards (5 ha total) containing 4-year-old hazelnut trees (cv. Tonda di

Human milk with high bacterial load of B. cereus var. fluorescens is reported. The organism was identified by morphological, cultural, and biochemical characteristics. Lecithinase and haemolysin were produced in rabbit and bovine blood. The toxigenic nature of the organism was confirmed by

Proteolytic enzymes, lipase, kinins, and other active peptides liberated from the inflamed pancreas convert inflammation of the pancreas, a single-organ disease of the retroperitoneum, to a multisystem disease. Adult respiratory distress syndrome, in addition to being secondary to microvascular