Of the 14 strains of Chondrococcus columnaris examined, 4
produced antagonistic substances that inhibited the growth of other
strains of this species. The antagonistic substance produced by
strain 3-P63-12 was examined in greater detail. Since the inhibitory
substance had an extremely narrow spectrum of activity, and
was not transmissible in...
Twenty-two isolates of Flexibacter columnaris were
collected from different species of fish from a wide
geographic range. Shieh medium was selected and modified
to provide satisfactory growth of F. columnaris strains.
Although there were three phenotypic variations in colony
morphology among the strains observed, the environmental
and biochemical characteristics as...
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...