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

Curr Microbiol. 1996 Feb;32(2):85-8. doi: 10.1007/s002849900015.

Abstract

The reference strains of Enterococcus seriolicida (ATCC 49156T) (T = type strain) and of Lactococcus garvieae (ATCC 43921T) 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 delta Tme (less than 1.1 degrees 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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Enterococcus / classification*
  • Enterococcus / genetics
  • Enterococcus / pathogenicity*
  • Fish Diseases / etiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / veterinary*
  • Lactococcus / classification*
  • Lactococcus / genetics
  • Lactococcus / pathogenicity*
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology
  • Meningoencephalitis / veterinary*
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Sepsis / veterinary*
  • Terminology as Topic

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial