Potential of the melanophore pigment response for detection of bacterial toxicity.
Journal: Applied And Environmental Microbiology
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Abstract
Chromatophore cells have been investigated as potential biodetectors for function-based detection of chemically and biologically toxic substances. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (chinook salmon) melanophores, a chromatophore cell type containing brown pigment, rapidly detect the salmonid pathogens Aeromonas salmonicida, Yersinia ruckeri, and Flavobacterium psychrophilum and the human pathogen Bacillus cereus.
Authors
Stephanie Dukovcic, Janine Hutchison, Janine Trempy