Using synthetic antibiotics/chemicals for infectious bacterial pathogens and parasitic
disease control causes beneficial microbial killing, produces multi-drug resistant pathogens …

Nocardia sp. is the causative agent of nocardiosis, a lethal granulomatous disease of the
skin, muscle, and various inner tissues affecting various teleost and shellfish. Four species …

Tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) are a group of cytokines that play critical roles in regulating a
diverse range of physiological processes in vertebrates. TNFs function by activating a large …

Cytokines are important regulators of the immune system and investigation of their functions
may prove useful for the development of vaccines and immunostimulants for aquaculture …

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are common hosts of an epizootic bacterial
infection by Nocardia seriolae. We conducted transcriptome profiling of M. salmoides to …

Hybrid snakehead (Channa maculata female× Channa argus male) is a new freshwater
aquaculture fish species in southern China. During intensive aquaculture, hybrid …

Looking into the fact that substantial mortality and morbidity is associated with intracellular
Gram+ ve bacterium, Nocardia seriolae infection, an effective vaccine against this pathogen …

Chemokines are small cytokines that are classified into four groups, one of which is called
CC chemokines. In the present study, the full-length cDNA of a CCL25 chemokine was …

In the present study, IL-1β cDNA was identified and analyzed from largemouth bass
(Micropterus salmoides). Full length IL-1β mRNA was obtained using Rapid Amplification of …

Commensal microbial communities have immense effects on their vertebrate hosts,
contributing to a number of physiological functions, as well as host fitness. In particular, host …