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Published in final edited form as: Methods Cell Biol. 2011;105:87–116. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381320-6.00004-7

Table I.

Bacterial and viral infection models in zebrafish

Pathogen Infection method Embryos/adults Reference(s)
Bacteria
Aeromonas hydrophila Injection, static immersion Larvae, adult Rawls et al. (2004, 2006), Rodriguez et al. (2008)
Aeromonas salmonicida Static immersion Adult Lin et al. (2007)
Aeromonas veronii Static immersion Larvae Bates et al. (2006)
Bacillus subtilus Injection Embryo Herbomel et al. (1999)
Burkholderia cenocepacia Injection Embryo, adult Deng et al. (2009), Vergunst et al. (2010)
Edwardsiella ictaluri Injection Adult Petrie-Hanson et al. (2007)
Edwardsiella tarda Injection, static immersion Embryo, larvae,
 adult
Nayak et al. (2007), Phelan et al. (2005a),
Pressley et al. (2005)
Escherichia coli MG1655 Static immersion Larvae Rawls et al. (2006, 2007)
E. coli O157:H7 Static immersion Larvae Szabady et al. (2009)
Flavobacterium columnare Injection, static immersion Adult Moyer and Hunnicutt (2007)
Flavobacterium johnsoniae Injection, static immersion Adult Moyer and Hunnicutt (2007)
Francisella spp. Injection Adult Vojtech et al. (2009)
Leptospira interrogansa Injection Embryo Davis and Ramakrishnan (2009),
PMID 19547748
Listeria monocytogenes Injection Embryo, adult Levraud et al. (2009), Menudier et al. (1996)
Listeria spp. Injection Adult Menudier et al. (1996)
Listonella anguillaruma Injection, static immersion Adult Rojo et al. (2007)
Mycobacterium haemophiluma Injection Adult Whipps et al. (2007)
Mycobacterium marinum Injection, static immersion Embryo, larvae,
 adult
Adams et al. (2011), Carvalho et al. (2011),
Clay et al. (2007, 2008), Davis et al. (2002),
Davis et al. (2009), Gao et al. (2006),
Harriff et al. (2007), Meijer et al. (2005),
Stoop et al. (2011), Volkman et al. (2010)
Mycobacterium peregrinum Static immersion Adult Harriff et al. (2007)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Injection, static immersion Embryo, larvae Brannon et al. (2009), Clatworthy et al. (2009),
Llamas et al. (2009), Phennicie et al. (2010),
Rawls et al. (2004, 2006, 2007), Singer et al. (2010), Vasil et al. (2009)
Pseudomonas fluorescens Static immersion Larvae Bates et al. (2006)
Salmonella arizonae Injection Embryo Davis et al. (2002)
Salmonella typhimurium Injection Embryo, larvae Ordas et al. (2010), Stockhammer et al. (2009),
van der Sar et al. (2003, 2006)
Staphylococcus aureus Injection Embryo, adult Lin et al. (2007), Prajsnar et al. (2008)
Streptococcus iniae Injection Adult Lowe et al. (2007), Miller and Neely (2005),
Neely et al. (2002)
Streptococcus pyogenes Injection Adult Bates et al. (2005), Cho and Caparon (2005),
Kizy and Neely (2009), Montanez et al. (2005),
Neely et al. (2002)
Vibrio anguillarum Static immersion Larvae O’Toole et al. (2004)
Virus
Herpes simplex virus
 type 1 (HSV-1)
Injection Adult Burgos et al. (2008)
Infectious hematopoietic
 necrosis virus (IHNV)
Injection Adult LaPatra et al. (2000), Ludwig et al. (2011),
Wang et al. (2006)
Infectious pancreatic necrosis
 virus (IPNV)
Injection Adult Garner et al. (2003), LaPatra et al. (2000)
Infectious spleen and kidney
 necrosis virus (ISKNV)
Injection Embryo, adult Wang et al. (2008), Xiong et al. (2011),
Xu et al. (2008)
Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) Injection Larvae, adult Lu et al. (2008)
Snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) Injection, static immersion Embryo, larvae,
 adult
Alonso et al. (2004), Altmann et al. (2003, 2004), Hermann and Kim (2005),
Nayak et al. (2007), Phelan et al. (2005a, 2005b)
Spring viremia of carp
 virus (SVCV)
Injection, static immersion Adult Sanders et al. (2003), Wang et al. (2006)
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia
 virus (VHSV)
Injection Adult Encinas et al. (2010), Novoa et al. (2006)