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f Piscirickettsia salmonis gen. nov., sp. nov., the Causative Agent of an Epizootic Disease in Salmonid Fishes †
- Authors: J. L. Fryer* , C. N. Lannan , S. J. Giovannoni , N. D. Wood
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- First Published Online: 01 January 1992, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 42: 120-126, doi: 10.1099/00207713-42-1-120
- Subject: Original Papers Relating To Systematic Bacteriology
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A novel intracellular pathogen morphologically similar to the ehrlichiae has been isolated in cell culture and identified as the cause of an epizootic disease of salmonid fish. Like the ehrlichiae, the salmonid pathogen, designated strain LF-89, replicates within membrane-bound cytoplasmic vacuoles in host cells. This agent is the first with characteristics of this type to be isolated from a fish. Analysis of the LF-89 16S rRNA indicated that, unlike the ehrlichiae, LF-89 is a gamma proteobacterium distantly related to Coxiella burnetii and perhaps Wolbachia persica. A new genus and species (Piscirickettsia salmonis gen. nov., sp. nov.) are proposed for this organism, with ATCC(R) VR 1361 as the type strain.
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Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Paper no. 9622.
Copyright © 1992 International Union of Microbiological Societies | Published by the Microbiology Society

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