Isolation and Identification of Photobacterium phosphoreum from an Unexpected Niche: Migrating Salmon

ABSTRACT Six luminous bacteria were isolated from migrating salmon in the Yukon River, Alaska. All isolates were identified as Photobacterium phosphoreum . Previous studies suggest that P. phosphoreum is an exclusively marine bacterium, while our Alaskan isolates are from salmon which migrated up to...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Main Authors: Budsberg, K. J., Wimpee, C. F., Braddock, J. F.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
Subjects:
Ecology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Food Science
Biotechnology
Yukon
Yukon river
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.69.11.6938-6942.2003
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.69.11.6938-6942.2003
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Summary:ABSTRACT Six luminous bacteria were isolated from migrating salmon in the Yukon River, Alaska. All isolates were identified as Photobacterium phosphoreum . Previous studies suggest that P. phosphoreum is an exclusively marine bacterium, while our Alaskan isolates are from salmon which migrated up to 1,228 km from the marine environment.

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