Abstract
A Salvelinus‐infecting variant of Loma salmonae, derived from naturally‐infected Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha by serial passage through brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, has been isolated and amplified. Loma salmonae SV (Salvelinus‐variant) has a high preference for species of Salvelinus (brook trout and Arctic charrS. alpinus) and low virulence and preference for species of Oncorhynchus (rainbow trout O. mykiss, Chinook salmon, cohoSalmon O. kisutch) or Salmo (Atlantic salmonSalmo salar). Although this variant of L. salmonae was different from the original, the differences do not justify describing it as a new species, although definitive determination is pending.
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