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qPCR
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction
RAPD
Randomly amplifi ed polymorphic DNA
Ren.
Renibacterium
REP
Repetitive extragenic palindromic
RFLP
Restriction fragment length polymorphism
RLO
Rickettsia -like organism
ROS
Reactive oxygen species
RPS
Relative percent survival
rRNA
Ribosomal ribonucleic acid
RTFS
Rainbow trout fry syndrome
RTG-2
Rainbow trout gonad-2 cell line
RT-PCR
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
SBL
Striped bass larvae
S D
Dice coeffi cient
SEM
Scanning electron microscopy
S-layer
Surface layer
Sal.
Salmonella
SDS
Sodium dodecyl sulphate
Ser.
Serratia
SKDM
Selective kidney disease medium
SNP
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
SSCP
Single-strand conformation polymorphism
SSH
Suppression subtractive hybridisation
Sta.
Staphylococcus
Str.
Streptococcus
T.
Tenacibaculum
T3SS
Type III secretion system
T6SS
Type VI secretion system
TCBS
Thiosulphate citrate bile salts sucrose agar
TCID
Tissue culture infectivity dose
TEM
Transmission electron microscopy
TLR
Toll-like receptor
TSA
Tryptone soya agar
TSB
Tryptone soya broth
TYES
Tryptone yeast extract salt medium
UV
Ultraviolet
V.
Vibrio
Vag.
Vagococcus
VAL
Vibrio alginolyticus medium
VAM
Vibrio anguillarum medium
vapA
Virulence array protein gene A
VHH
Vibrio harveyi haemolysin
VHML
Vibrio harveyi myovirus-like (bacteriophage)
VNTR
Variable number tandem repeats
Y.
Yersinia
Abbreviations