Phylogeography and host specificity of Pasteurellaceae pathogenic to sea-farmed fish in the north-east Atlantic

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Snorre Gulla, Duncan J. Colquhoun, Anne Berit Olsen, Bjørn Spilsberg, Karin Lagesen, Caroline P. Åkesson, Sverri Strøm, Farah Manji, Thomas H. Birkbeck, Hanne K. Nilsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); pasteurellosis; Pasteurellaceae; Pasteurella skyensis; “Pasteurella atlantica”; Microbiology; QR1-502; Norway; Norwegian Sea; Spate; Atlantic salmon; North East Atlantic; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1236290; https://doaj.org/article/1963a81781fb421e9d8d73966d45d0a3

The present study was undertaken to address the recent spate of pasteurellosis outbreaks among sea-farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Norway and Scotland, coinciding with sporadic disease episodes in lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) used for delousing purposes in salmon farms. Genome assemblies fr...