The purpose of this study was to characterize Cytophaga
psychrophila isolates obtained from coho fingerlings with low temperature
disease collected at selected hatcheries in Oregon. In
addition, cultures thought to be related to this bacterium were
isolated from Siletz Hatchery water, deformed juvenile and spawning
adult coho salmon, rainbow and...
Morphological, cultural, biochemical and serological characteristics of
33 bacterial strains, thought to be similar to Cytophaga psychrophila, the
causative agent of bacterial cold-water disease were compared. Bacterial
strains identified as C. psychrophila were obtained from diseased salmonids
collected at widely separated geographic locations, and from fish with
pathological signs different...