The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of
Pseudomonadota
Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria) is a major phylum of Gram-negative bacteria. The renaming of phyla in 2021 remains controversial among microbiologists, many of whom continue to use the earlier names of long standing in the literature. The ...
. All species are
aerobes found in water.
[George M. Garrity: '']Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
''Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology'' is the main resource for determining the identity of prokaryotic organisms, emphasizing bacterial species, using every characterizing aspect.
The manual was published subsequent to the ''Bergey's Manu ...
''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria''
The species ''Piscirickettsia salmonis'' is a fish pathogen and causes
piscirickettsiosis
''Piscirickettsia salmonis'' is the bacterial causative agent of piscirickettsiosis, an epizootic disease in salmonid fishes. It has a major impact on salmon populations, with a mortality rate of up to 90% in some species. The type strain, LF-8 ...
in salmonid fishes.
[Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt: The Prokaryotes, A Handbook of the Biology of Bacteria''. Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses'' ]
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.
References
External links
PiscirickettsiosisAustralian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
J.P. Euzéby: ''List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature''
Thiotrichales
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