Genomic-based restriction enzyme selection for specific detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis by 16S rDNA PCR-RFLP
The gram negative facultative bacterium P.salmonis is the etiological agent of Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS), a severe disease that causes important economic losses in the global salmon farmer industry.Despite efforts to control this disease, the high frequency of new epizootic events indicate that the vaccine and antibiotics treatments ha