Detection and virulence of Lactococcus garvieae and L. petauri from four lakes in southern California.
Taylor AbrahamZeinab YazdiEric LittmanKhalid ShahinTaylor I HeckmanEva Marie Quijano CardéDiem Thu NguyenRuixue HuMark AdkisonTresa VeekKavery MukkatiraChristine RicheyKevin KwakHaitham H MohammedCésar OrtegaRuben Avendaño-HerreraWilliam KeleherVéronique LePageIan GardnerTimothy J WelchEsteban SotoPublished in: Journal of aquatic animal health (2023)
The study suggests that qPCR can be used for environmental DNA monitoring of Lactococcus spp. and demonstrates virulence diversity between the etiological agents of piscine lactococcosis.