Yersinia ruckeri

Yersinia ruckeri is a species of Gram-negative bacteria, known for causing enteric redmouth disease in some species of fish.[1][2] Strain 2396-61 (= ATCC 29473) is its type strain.[3]

Yersinia ruckeri
Scientific classification
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Gamma Proteobacteria
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Y. ruckeri
Binomial name
Yersinia ruckeri
Ewing et al. 1978

A draft genome for Yersinia ruckeri has been published.[4]

References

  1. Akhlaghi, M., and H. Sharifi Yazdi. "Detection and identification of virulent Yersinia ruckeri: the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cultured in Fars province, Iran." Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research 9.4 (2008).
  2. Tobback E, Decostere A, Hermans K, Haesebrouck F, Chiers K (May 2007). "Yersinia ruckeri infections in salmonid fish". Journal of Fish Diseases. 30 (5): 257–68. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00816.x. PMID 17501736.
  3. Ewing, W. H.; Ross, A. J.; Brenner, D. J.; Fanning, G. R. (1978). "Yersinia ruckeri sp. nov., the Redmouth (RM) Bacterium". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (1): 37–44. doi:10.1099/00207713-28-1-37. ISSN 0020-7713.
  4. "National Center for Biotechnology Information".

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