Yersinia ruckeri

Yersinia ruckeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Yersiniaceae
Genus: Yersinia
Species:
Y. ruckeri
Binomial name
Yersinia ruckeri
Ewing et al. 1978

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]

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

Traditional biochemical methods are ineffective at identifying Yersinia ruckeri. Biochemical assays often misidentify Y. ruckeri as Hafnia alvei.[5]

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. Bibcode:2007JFDis..30..257T. 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".
  5. ↑ Abdelsalam, Mohamed; Elgendy, Mamdouh Y.; Elfadadny, Medhat R.; Ali, Sameh Samir; Sherif, Ahmed H.; Abolghait, Said Kamal (2023-02-01). "A review of molecular diagnoses of bacterial fish diseases". Aquaculture International. 31 (1): 417–434. doi:10.1007/s10499-022-00983-8. ISSN 1573-143X.

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