Season Animal Isolatedfrom Strain Shapea Catalase KNO3b Sporeformationc Partiallyidentified   Age (months) Weight (g) Long (cm)               Winter 2010 6 105 14.4 Gills A29 R - - - LAB         A30 R - - - LAB         A252 R + + + Bacillus         A253 R + + + Bacillus 6 195 17.1 Medium Intestine A34 C - - - LAB         A35 C - - - LAB         A254 R + + + Bacillus         A256 R + - + Bacillus       Posterior Intestine A36 C - - - LAB         A38 C - - - LAB         A257 R + - + Bacillus         A258 R + - + Bacillus       Ventral Skin A44A C - - - LAB         A259 R + - + Bacillus 6 101 14.2 Gills A74B C - - - LAB         A260 R + - + Bacillus 6 83 13.4 Posterior Intestine A106 R - - - LAB       Dorsal Skin A108 R - - - LAB         A109 R - - - LAB 14 1399 41 EarlierIntestine 16 C - - - LAB         18 C - - - LAB       Gills 30 C - - - LAB         31 C - - - LAB 14 782 39.8 Gills 49 C - - - LAB 1 0.527 3.5 Whole fish homogenate 61B C - - - LAB Summer 2010 1 0.379 3.2 Whole fish homogenate 62 C - - - LAB         63 C - - - LAB         64 C - - - LAB         65 C - - - LAB         66 C - - - LAB         67 C - - - LAB 1 0.451 3.4 Whole fish homogenate 69 C - - - LAB         70 C - - - LAB         71 C - - - LAB         72 C - - - LAB         73 C - - - LAB         74 C - - - LAB         75 C - - - LAB

a) Shape: R: Rods;C: Cocci b) KNO3, Nitrate utilization test c) Spore formation, determined by the Schaeffer Fulton staining technique

Table 3: Strains partially identified as Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and belonging to the Bacillus genus by phenotypic tests.