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Table 5.2 Experimental data concerning the survival of A. salmonicida in water
Type of experimental system
Temperature
(°C)
Survival
time
References
Sterilised water:
Distilled water
20
35 days
Lund ( 1967 )
Distilled water
20
<7 days
Sakai ( 1986b )
Lake water
10
8 days
Morgan et al.
( 1991 )
10
21 days
Morgan et al.
( 1993 )
20
60 days
Deere et al. ( 1996a )
Physiological saline
20
<7 days
Sakai ( 1986b )
Tap water
–
5 days
Arkwright ( 1912 )
–
3 days
Williamson ( 1929 )
20
12 h
Lund ( 1967 )
Reservoir water, low inoculum of A.
salmonicida (10
1 –10
2 cells/ml), in mixed
culture with other aquatic bacteria
15
ca. 3 days
Allen ( 1982 )
Reservoir water, as above, supplemented
with 0.005 % (w/v) brain heart infusion
15
>3 days
Allen ( 1982 )
River water
–
5 day
Williamson ( 1929 )
20
8 days
Lund ( 1967 )
10
63 days
Cornick et al.
( 1969 )
20–25
28 days
Cornick et al.
( 1969 )
Seawater
19 h
Arkwright ( 1912 )
–
3 days
Williamson ( 1929 )
20
24 days
Lund ( 1967 )
–
<10 days
Rose et al. ( 1990b )
20
>24 days
Effendi and Austin
( 1991 )
5–25
≤28 days
Effendi and Austin
( 1994 )
Unsterilised water:
Brackish water
16–25 days Smith ( 1962 )
11–13
24 days
McCarthy ( 1980 )
Distilled water
–
14 days
Horne ( 1928 )
–
4 days
Williamson ( 1929 )
–
7 days
Duncan ( 1932 )
20
9 days
Lund ( 1967 )
Fresh water
24–30 h
Duncan ( 1932 )
11–13
17 days
McCarthy ( 1980 )
River water
–
2 days
Williamson ( 1929 )
(continued)
Aeromonas salmonicida