Distribution of Vibrio anguillarum in Otsuchi bay [Japan] as fish culture environments

• Published in: Fish Pathology Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 95 - 103
• Main Authors: Tajima, K. (Hokkaido Univ., Hakodate (Japan). Faculty of Fisheries), Ezura, Y, Kimura, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 01-01-1988
• Subjects: AGUA DE MAR; AMBIENTE ACUATICO; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTS; COSTA; COTES; DISTRIBUCION NATURAL; DISTRIBUTION NATURELLE; EAU DE MER; FANGO; FISH CULTURE; JAPAN; JAPON; Marine; MILIEU AQUATIQUE; MUD; NATURAL DISTRIBUTION; Oncorhynchus kisutch; PACIFIC SALMON; PISCICULTURA; PISCICULTURE; PLANCTON; PLANKTON; SALMON DEL PACIFICO; SAUMON DU PACIFIQUE; SEA WATER; VASE; VIBRIO; Vibrio anguillarum; INW, Japan, Honshu, Iwate Prefect., Otsuchi Bay
• ISSN: 0388-788X; 1881-7335
• DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.23.95

In order to further our understanding of the ecology and distribution of Vibrio anguillarum and its related organisms, we carried on a bacterial investigation in Otsuchi Bay from 1979 to 1981 where coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were cultured. Fifty-eight strains out of 5337 isolates were identified as V. anguillarum. Thirty-six strains of the 58 strains were assumed to be originated from pen-cultured fish and were classified as serotype J-O-3. One strain, classified as J-O-1, was isolated from sea water far away from the rearing pen in Otsuchi Bay. The other twenty-one strains classified as J-O-8 were isolated from marine environments e.g. sea water, mud, plankton etc., all over the Otsuchi Bay.