Nocardia salmonicida
| Nocardia salmonicida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Nocardiaceae |
| Genus: | Nocardia |
| Species: | N. salmonicida |
| Binomial name | |
| Nocardia salmonicida Kudo et al., 1988 | |
Nocardia salmonicida is a species of gram-positive, aerobic, acid-alcohol-fast filamentous bacterium from the order Mycobacteriales known for inflicting fish with nocardiosis, a disease characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions in internal organs, resulting in significant mortality. A LAMP assay was detailed in 2014 to assist with rapid detection of the species.[1]
Etymology
Salmonicida is derived from the Latin salmonis, meaning "salmon", with the suffix cida, which is from the Latin word caedo, meaning to cut or kill. The full name translates to "salmon-killer".[2][3]
Taxonomy
Strain JCM 4826 was originally assigned as Streptomyces salmoncida by American zoologist Augusta Rucker in 1949, after being discovered in sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), and then named Nocardia salmonicida after the inclusion of further chemotaxonomic data in 1971, 1985, and 1988. The species was linked to Nocardia asteroides based on DNA analysis.[2]
References
- ↑ Xia, Liqun; Zhang, Honglian; Lu, Yishan; Cai, Jia; Wang, Bei; Jian, Jichang (2015-03-28). "Development of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of Nocardia salmonicida, the Causative Agent of Nocardiosis in Fish". Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 25 (3): 321–327. doi:10.4014/jmb.1406.06052. ISSN 1017-7825.
- 1 2 Isik, Kamil; Chun, Jongsik; Hah, Yung Chil; Goodfellow, Michael (1999). "Nocardia salmonicida nom. rev., a fish pathogen". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 49 (2): 833–837. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-833. ISSN 1466-5034.
- ↑ "Species: Nocardia salmonicida". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2026-06-02.