Enterococcus seriolicida is a junior synonym of Lactococcus garvieae, a causative agent of septicemia and meningoencephalitis in fish

Avi Eldar; Claudio Ghittino; Liliana Asanta; Elena Bozzetta; Mariella Goria; Marino Prearo; Herve Bercovier

doi:10.1007/s002849900015

Enterococcus seriolicida is a junior synonym of Lactococcus garvieae, a causative agent of septicemia and meningoencephalitis in fish

Avi Eldar
, Claudio Ghittino
, Liliana Asanta
, Elena Bozzetta
, Mariella Goria
, Marino Prearo
, Herve Bercovier^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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The reference strains of Enterococcus seriolicida (ATCC 49156(T)) (T = type strain) and of Lactococcus garvieae (ATCC 43921(T)) and 30 field strains of Gram-positive cocci isolated from diseased rainbow trout in Italy were found to be phenotypically (API 20 STREPT and API 50 CH) and genetically (DNA-DNA hybridization) similar. The high DNA-DNA homologies (70-100%) and the low ΔT(m(c)) (less than 1.1°C) among these strains showed that Enterococcus seriolicida and Lactococcus garvieae are synonyms, describing a single bacterial species. E. seriolicida strains should be classified as L. garvieae, which must be considered as a major pathogen of freshwater and salt water fish with a world-wide distribution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-88
Number of pages	4
Journal	Current Microbiology
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900015
State	Published - Feb 1996

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