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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 1998, p. 3066-3069, Vol. 64, No. 8
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Minimally Invasive Detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis in Cultivated Salmonids via the PCR

Sergio Marshall,1 Sekou Heath,2 Vitalia Henríquez,1 and Cristián Orrego2,*

Instituto de Biología, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile,1 and Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 941322

Received 22 September 1997/Accepted 8 May 1998

The attributes of the PCR allowed implementation of an assay for specific detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis from a few microliters of fish serum. This opens the way to less invasive modes of sampling for this microbial pathogen in salmonids.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132. Phone: (415) 338-3453. Fax: (415) 338-6245. E-mail: cob{at}sfsu.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 1998, p. 3066-3069, Vol. 64, No. 8
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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