Jee Eun Han, Sang Phil Shin, Dennis Kaw Gomez, Ji Hyung Kim, Casiano Choresca Jr.   and Se Chang Park

한지은 선생님 포스터 발표

Zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum (body weight 9.45 kg, total length 132 cm) which had been reared in one of the private commercial aquaria for exhibition was reported to show abnormal swimming behavior. It was later found dead and submitted for postmortem examination.  A pure bacterial culture was isolated from pale and enlarged liver.  The biochemical tests and PCR analysis of ureC and 16S rRNA genes confirmed the phenotyphic characterization of the isolate as Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae. Although, no mortality in mouse was observed in the experimental infection studies, the isolation of this pathogen in aquarium fish can be significant because it can act a reservoir and can be zoonotic potential to human and other aquatic animals. This paper describes the first isolation of Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae from the zebra shark.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />