Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | Scientific name Piscirickettsia salmonis Higher classification Piscirickettsia | |
Similar Bacteria, Yersinia ruckeri, Aeromonas salmonicida, Caligus, Flavobacterium columnare | ||
Piscirickettsia salmonis is the bacterial causative agent of an epizootic disease in salmonid fishes, piscirickettsiosis. It replicates within membrane-bound cytoplasmic vacuoles in host cells. Its type strain is ATCC(R) VR 1361. It has a major impact in salmon populations, having a mortality rate of about 90% in some species of fish.
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