Comparatively little work has been done to determine the ecology
of Clostridium botulinum type E since its initial isolation in the
nineteen-thirties. This spore forming, anaerobic microorganism is
relatively heat labile and has been missed in ecological surveys in
which heat was used to selectively screen for spore formers. Use...
Sterile fish muscle homogenate was prepared from the individually
line caught black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) and inoculated
with the pure culture of Pseudomonas putrefaciens strain 17. The
inoculated homogenate was incubated at 5°C and the growth and production
of volatile sulfur compounds determined by a combined gas-liquid
chromatography and mass...
The ability of Flexibacter columnaris to attach to fish
cells was studied. Four of the five bacterial strains
tested were able to adhere to fish cells derived from four
different fish species. The attachment of these strains
in vitro required magnesium but was not affected by
increasing the incubation temperature...