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Piscirickettsiaceae

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Thiotrichales

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Higher classification
  
Thiotrichales

Similar
  
Bacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Thiotrichales, Proteobacteria, Alteromonadaceae

Medical vocabulary what does piscirickettsiaceae mean


The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. All species are aerobes found in water. The species Piscirickettsia salmonis is a fish pathogen and causes piscirickettsiosis in salmonid fishes. It lives in cells of infected hosts and cannot be cultured on artificial media. Piscirickettsia salmonis is nonmotile, whereas the other five genera are motile by using a single flagellum.

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Piscirickettsiaceae Wikipedia