First isolation of <i>Photobacterium damselae</i> ssp. <i>damselae</i> from cultured redbanded seabream, <i>Pagrus auriga</i> Valenciennes, in Spain

Abstract

This is the first report of the isolation of P. damselae ssp. damselae from redbanded seabream, a sparid fish newly cultured in southern Spain. A low variability in the biochemical profile among the P. damselae ssp. damselae isolates tested was observed (acetoine production), although these profiles were clearly different from that of P. damselae ssp. piscicida. The analysis of ureC and 16S rRNA genes confirmed the phenotypic characterization of the isolates as P. damselae ssp. damselae.