Molecular method for strain typing of Edwardsiella piscicida isolates pathogenic to fish

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Designing and optimising this molecular tool was the most challenging part of this article as it requires screening the genome of different strains to get highly polymorphic repeat loci and amplification of several repeat loci to select most appropriate ones. The MLVA method reported here is a highly powerful molecular tool for fine typing or discrimination of Edwardsiella piscicida strains according to the source of isolation (host, farm, geographical location).

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