Project record of The marine fish pathogen Pasteurella piscicida: identification serology and virulence

Information

Type
Project
Name
The marine fish pathogen Pasteurella piscicida: identification serology and virulence
Name @nl
De mariene vispathogeen Pasteurella piscicida: identificatie serologie en virulentie
Description @en
Pasteurella piscicida is a marine pathogen that is responsible for high economic losses in the culture of seabass and seabream in the Mediterranean and yellowtail in Japan. Until recently there has been no efficient vaccin against pasteurellosis, the fish disease caused by P. piscicida. This research aims:
  1. to construct a bacterial collection that contains Pasteurella piscicida strains isolated from different geographical areas and the main affected fish species;
  2. to gain more information about the epidemiology and taxonomy of P. piscicida and;
  3. to study the virulence mechanism of the pathogen.
Description @nl
Pasteurella piscicida is een mariene vispathogeen die verantwoordelijk is voor grote economische verliezen bij gekweekte zeebaars en zeebrasem in de Middellandse Zee en yellowtail in Japan. Het doel van dit onderzoek is 3-ledig:
  1. een uitgebreide bacteriƫle collectie aanleggen van P. piscicida-stammen;
  2. inzicht verwerven over de epidemiologie en taxonomie vanP. piscicida en;
  3. fundamenteel inzicht bekomen over virulentiemechanismen van de pathogeen.
Start date
1997-10
End date
2001-9

Institutes & people involved

Ollevier Frans
associated with: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Biologie; Afdeling Dierenecologie en -systematiek; Aquatische Ecologie en Evolutiebiologie
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie; Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie
role: Sponsor

Expertise

Aquaculture
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 473
Bacterial diseases
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 713
Coastal waters
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 1653
Fish
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3141
Fish diseases
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3159
Pathogenic bacteria
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6042
taxonomic terms
Dicentrarchus labrax [Bass]
Pagrus pagrus
Pasteurella
geographic terms
ANE, Mediterranean Water
INW, Japan

special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-07-06