A protective immune response is generated in rainbow trout by an OompH-like surface antigen (P18) of Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Authors :: Dumetz, Fabien
Duchaud, Eric
LaPatra, Scott E.
Le Marrec, Claire
Claverol, Stephane
Urdaci, Maria-C.
Le Henaff, Michel
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. July, 2006, Vol. 72 Issue 7, 4845-4852
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: An investigation of the surface characteristics of Flavobacterium psychrophilum that is an important pathogen of fish is conducted to enable in identifying a surface protein termed P18, by a two-step method. The purification and characterization of the immunogenic and protective 18-kDa outer membrane-associated OmpH-like protein is reported.

Subjects :: Bacterial infections -- Risk factors
Nucleotide sequence -- Analysis
High performance liquid chromatography -- Analysis
Rainbow trout -- Research
Biological sciences

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