spaB-positive Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a novel teleost pathogen isolated from cultured barramundi
Ri K. Chang,
Eric K. Pomaranski,
Cem Giray
et al.
Abstract:Members of the genus Erysipelothrix are emergent pathogens of cultured eels, as well as several characid and cyprinid species. Since 2013, E. rhusiopathiae has been reported from diseased barramundi ( Lates calcarifer) cultured in North America; we recovered 8 E. rhusiopathiae isolates from diseased fish during different outbreaks from the same farm. The E. rhusiopathiae isolates from barramundi were compared phenotypically and genetically to E. piscisicarius isolates characterized from ornamental fish and E. … Show more
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