TY - JOUR A2 - Bautista, Christian AU - Wu, Zong-Yen AU - Liu, Po-Yu AU - Tseng, Shu-Ying AU - Lee, Yi-Hsuan AU - Ho, Shu-Peng PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/09 TI - Characteristics and Phylogeny of Shewanella haliotis Isolated from Cultivated Shellfish in Taiwan SP - 9895148 VL - 2018 AB - Shewanella haliotis is an emerging human pathogen. Many infectious cases were linked to shellfish ingestion or aquatic exposure. Therefore, it is important to study the phylogeny and distribution of S. haliotis in shellfish aquaculture. We investigated the distribution of S. haliotis in cultivated shellfish farming in Taiwan in which S. haliotis was found in the shellfish from all sampling sites. S. haliotis was identified in cultivated shellfish by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, such as abalone (Haliotis diversicolor), clam (Meretrix lusoria), and oyster (Crassostrea gigas). This study highlighted the contamination of S. haliotis in cultivated shellfish and importance of further study regarding the biodiversity and pathogenesis of S. haliotis. SN - 1712-9532 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9895148 DO - 10.1155/2018/9895148 JF - Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology PB - Hindawi KW - ER -