TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Pathogenic Organisms Associated with Fish Diseases
2.1 Vibrio spp.
2.2 Listeria spp.
2.3 Salmonella spp.
2.4 Yersinia spp.
2.5 Clostridium botulinum
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Conventional Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria from Fishes
3.1 Quantitative Culture Methods
3.2 Qualitative Culture Methods
3.3 Rapid and Automated Methods
3.3.1 Changes to Culture Methods
3.3.2 ATP Bioluminescence
3.3.3 Microscopic Methods
3.3.4 Immunological Detection Methods
3.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Conventional Techniques
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Molecular Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria from Fishes
4.1 Forensically informative nucleotide sequencing (FINS)
4.2 Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)
4.3 Post-PCR analysis methods
4.4 Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)
4.5 Single-stranded conformational polymorphism (SSCP)
4.6 Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)
4.7 Advantages and Disadvantages Molecular Techniques
Conclusion
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