Nocardiosis in tank‐reared Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Bransden, M P., Carson, J., Munday, B L., Handlinger, J H., Carter, C G., Nowak, B F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2000
• Subjects: Austin; Dunbar; Kira; Myers; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2761.2000.00201.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2761.2000.00201.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2761.2000.00201.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1046/j.1365-2761.2000.00201.x

Nocardiosis is an infection caused by aerobic Gram‐positive, branching, filamentous rods of the genus Nocardia . The organism is resident in both soil and plants ( Austin & Austin 1993 Frerichs 1993 ), and is closely related to Mycobacterium spp. Nocardiosis caused by Nocardia asteroides and N....