Abstract
Eighteen different strains of Edwardsiella ictaluri isolated from infected channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were screened to determine whether plasmid DNA was present. Two plasmids of 5,700 and 4,900 base pairs were identified. Restriction enzyme analysis showed that each of the strains harbored these same two plasmids. Restriction maps of the separated plasmids indicated that these plasmids were not closely related to each other. A rapid screening technique was developed that would allow the presence of these plasmids from either broth cultures or single colonies of E. ictaluri to be determined within 2 to 3 h by agarose gel electrophoresis. These results suggest that plasmid fingerprinting of E. ictaluri should become a useful tool in the presumptive identification of this bacterium from infected channel catfish.
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