A dematiaceous fungus was isolated from Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus with ulceration and erosion of the skin surface. The fungus was identified as an Exophiala species, with different morphological, biological and molecular characteris...
Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32(6) 726-734 2008年 [査読有り]
We developed an in vitro model to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of granulomatous inflammation in response to invading pathogens. Ichthyophonus hoferi was used as a target for encapsulation by cultivated leukocytes from the kidney of ...
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 16(4) 220-230 2004年12月 [査読有り]
Aphanomyces piscicida is an important pathogen that plays a role in the morbidity and mortality of various fish species around the world. The poor quality of current identification techniques for this fungus led to the development of highly sensit...
We describe a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approach to the detection and identification of Aphanomyces piscicida (=Aphanomyces invadans). Three primer sets were designed based on the sequences of cloned expression genes of A. piscicida NJ...
Aphanomyces piscicida is a water mold that is pathogenic to several species of fish. Here we describe that a galactose-binding protein (GBP) purified from A. piscicida has a hemagglutinating activity. The GBP was separated from the supernatant of ...
Mycobacterium marinum is a slow-growing, photochromogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium, which can cause mycobacteriosis in various animals, including humans. Several cases of fish mycobacteriosis have been reported to date. Mycobacterium marinum h...
Mycobacterium chelonae is a nontuberculous mycobacterium that causes infections in various animals, including humans. In this study, we report the draft genome sequence of M. chelonae subsp. bovis strain NJB1701, which was isolated from a Baikal s...
Frontiers in veterinary science 10 1248288-1248288 2023年
INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium montefiorense is one of the causes of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in moray eels and salamanders. Although M. montefiorense infection could be a threat to salamanders, little information is available regardi...
Mycobacterium marinum is a prevalent nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)-infecting teleosts. Conversely, little is known about mycobacteriosis in elasmobranchs, and M. marinum infection has never been reported from the subclass. This study investig...
Takeshi Komine   Hyogo Ihara   Kentaro Ono   Mitsumi Yoshida   Yuma Sugimoto   Mari Inohana   Hanako Fukano   Osamu Kurata   Shinpei Wada   
The Journal of veterinary medical science 84(12) 1617-1620 2022年11月
In 2019, several aquarium-reared fish died at a sea life park in Japan. Necropsy revealed micronodules on the spleen in the dotted gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus). Seven of 16 fish exhibited microscopic multifocal granulomas associated with aci...