Evidence of exotoxin secretion of <scp>P</scp>iscirickettsia salmonis , the causative agent of piscirickettsiosis

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Rojas, M E, Galleguillos, M, Díaz, S, Machuca, A, Carbonero, A, Smith, P A
• Other Authors: Grant Fondecyt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Veterinary (miscellaneous); Aquatic Science; Almo; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12019; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfd.12019; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfd.12019

Abstract Piscirickettsia salmonis is the aetiological agent of piscirickettsiosis, a disease which affects a variety of teleost species and that is particularly severe in salmonid fish. Bacterial‐free supernatants, obtained from cultures of three isolates of P iscirickettsia salmonis, were inoculate...