Vagococcus salmoninarum

Vagococcus salmoninarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Enterococcaceae
Genus: Vagococcus
Species: V. salmoninarum
Wallbanks et al. 1990

Vagococcus salmoninarum is a species of bacteria, with type strain NCFB 2777.[1] It is pathogenic towards Oncorhynchus mykiss.[2]

References

  1. Wallbanks, S.; Martinez-Murcia, A. J.; Fryer, J. L.; Phillips, B. A.; Collins, M. D. (1990). "16S rRNA Sequence Determination for Members of the Genus Carnobacterium and Related Lactic Acid Bacteria and Description of Vagococcus salmoninarum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 40 (3): 224–230. doi:10.1099/00207713-40-3-224. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 1697764.
  2. Ruiz-Zarzuela I, de Bias I, Gironés O, Ghittino C, Múazquiz JL (2005). "Isolation of Vagococcus salmoninarum in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), broodstocks: characterization of the pathogen". Vet Res Commun. 29 (7): 553–62. doi:10.1007/s11259-005-2493-8. PMID 16142604.

Further reading

  • Schmidtke LM, Carson J (1994). "Characteristics of Vagococcus salmoninarum isolated from diseased salmonid fish". J Appl Bacteriol. 77 (2): 229–36. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1994.tb03068.x. PMID 7961194.


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