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

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...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Main Authors: Budsberg, K. J., Wimpee, C. F., Braddock, J. F.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
Subjects:
Microbial Ecology
Yukon
Yukon river
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC262280
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14602659
https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.11.6938-6942.2003
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Summary: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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