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kb
Kilobase
kDa
Kilodalton
KDM2
Kidney disease medium 2
LAMP
Loop-mediated isothermal amplifi cation
LD 50
Lethal dose 50 %, i.e., the dose needed to kill 50 % of the population
LD 100
Lethal dose 100 %
Lis
Listeria
LPS
Lipopolysaccharide
MARTX
Multifunctional, autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin
mDa
Megadalton
MEM
Minimal essential medium
MHC
Mueller-Hinton agar supplemented with 0.1 % (w/v) L-cysteine
hydrochloride
MIC
Minimum inhibitory concentration
MLD
Median lethal dose
MLSA
Multilocus sequence analysis
Mor.
Moraxella
mRNA
Messenger RNA
MRVP
Methyl red Voges Proskauer
msa
Major soluble antigen (gene)
MSS
Marine salts solution
Myc.
Mycobacterium
NCBV
Non-culturable but viable
NCFB
National Collection of Food Bacteria, Reading, England
NCIMB
National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria, Aberdeen,
Scotland
NCTC
National Collection of Type Cultures, Colindale, London, England
Nec.
Necromonas
Noc.
Nocardia
ODN
Oligodeoxynucleotide
OMP
Outer membrane protein
ORF
Open reading frame
p57
57 kDa protein (of Ren. salmoninarum)
Pa.
Pasteurella
PAGE
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
PAP
Peroxidase-antiperoxidase enzyme immunoassay
PBG
Peptone beef extract glycogen medium
PBS
Phosphate-buffered saline
PCR
Polymerase chain reaction
PFGE
Pulsed-fi eld gel electrophoresis
PFU
Plaque-forming unit
Ph.
Photobacterium
PMSF
Phenylmethyl-sulphonyl fl uoride
Pr.
Providencia
Ps.
Pseudomonas
PFGE
Pulsed-fi eld gel electrophoresis
Abbreviations