IS-2307-94

Abstract

Achievements

Pathogenic Streptococcus in Tilapia: Rapid Diagnosis, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology	Budget	Duration
	$230,000	3 years

	Bercovier, H.	Hebrew U
	Frelier, F.P.	Texas A&M

Publication List

Berridge, B.R., J.D. Fuller, J. de Azavedo, D.E. Low, H. Bercovier and P.F. Frelier (1998). Development of specific nested oligonucleotide PCR primers for the Streptococcus iniae 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer.  J Clin Microbiol 36(9):2778-2781

Eldar, A., P.F. Frelier, L. Assenta, P.W. Varner, S. Lawhon and H. Bercovier (1995). Streptococcus shiloi, the name for an agent causing septicemic infection in fish, is a junior synonym of Streptococcus iniae.  Int J Syst Bacteriol 45:840-842

Eldar, A., S. Lawhon, P.F. Frelier, L. Assenta, B.R. Simpson, P.W. Varner and H. Bercovier (1997). Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of 16S rDNA and of whole rRNA genes (ribotyping) of S. iniae strains from the United States and Israel.  FEMS Microbiol Lett 151:155-162

Eldar, A., C. Ghittino, L. Asanta, E. Bozzetta, M. Goria, M. Prearo and H. Bercovier (1996). Enterococcus seriolicida is a junior synonym of Lactococcus garvieae, a causative agent of septicemia and meningo-encephalitis in fish.  Curr Microbiol 32:85-88

Zlotkin, A., A. Eldar, C. Ghittino and H. Bercovier (1998). Identification of Lactococcus garvieae by PCR.   J Clin Microbiol 36:983-985