Gelev I, Gelev E, Steigerwalt A G, Carter G P, Brenner D J
Veterinary Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Res Microbiol. 1990 Jun;141(5):573-6. doi: 10.1016/0923-2508(90)90021-h.
An unidentified bacterium responsible for epizootic haemorrhagic septicaemic disease in rainbow trout was recently described. This organism exhibited some antigenic similarity to Brucella abortus and to Yersinia ruckeri and was presumed to belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Further biochemical characterization and DNA relatedness studies showed that pathogenic fish strains are Hafnia alvei.