First isolation of largemouth bass virus

The first reported fish kill caused by largemouth bass virus (LMBV) occurred in 1995 in Santee-Cooper Reservoir, South Carolina, USA. Subsequently, this iridovirus has been implicated in additional fish kills and has also been found in clinically healthy fish in numerous locations in the southeaster...

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Published in:Diseases of aquatic organisms 2002-07, Vol.50 (3), p.233-235
Main Authors: GRIZZLE, John M, ALTINOK, Ilhan, FRASER, William A, FRANCIS-FLOYD, Ruth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Base Sequence
Bass
Biological and medical sciences
Capsid Proteins - chemistry
Capsid Proteins - genetics
DNA Virus Infections - veterinary
DNA Virus Infections - virology
DNA, Viral - chemistry
Fish Diseases - virology
Florida
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gene Amplification
Iridovirus
Iridovirus - classification
Iridovirus - genetics
Iridovirus - isolation & purification
Largemouth bass virus
Microbiology
Micropterus salmoides
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Replicative cycle, interference, host-virus relations, pathogenicity, miscellaneous strains
South Carolina
Viral Proteins - chemistry
Virology
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Summary:The first reported fish kill caused by largemouth bass virus (LMBV) occurred in 1995 in Santee-Cooper Reservoir, South Carolina, USA. Subsequently, this iridovirus has been implicated in additional fish kills and has also been found in clinically healthy fish in numerous locations in the southeastern USA. We compared the virus from Santee-Cooper Reservoir with a virus isolated in 1991 from large-mouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, from Lake Weir, Florida. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms and the DNA sequence of a portion of the major capsid protein gene were identical for the South Carolina and Florida isolates. These results establish that LMBV was first found in Florida, rather than South Carolina. We propose that the name largemouth bass virus continue to be used for this virus, rather than alternative names based on geographical origin.
ISSN:0177-5103
1616-1580
DOI:10.3354/dao050233