The bacterium P iscirickettsia salmonis is the aetiological agent of piscirickettsiosis a severe
disease that has caused major economic losses in the aquaculture industry since its …

Piscirickettsia salmonis is the first Gram‐negative, intracellular bacterial pathogen isolated
from fish and is a significant cause of mortality in salmonid fish. Recent reports of P …

This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and
molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease …

Piscirickettsia salmonis is the intracellular bacterium that causes salmonid rickettsial
septicemia, an infectious disease that kills millions of farmed fish each year. The …

Chile is the second largest producer of salmon (only behind Norway), and high amounts of
antimicrobials are used during the marine stage, mainly florfenicol. Intensive antimicrobials …

Since 1989, Piscirickettsia salmonis, the causal agent of piscirickettsiosis, has killed millions
of farmed salmonids each year in southern Chile. The portal of entry for the pathogen was …

Aquaculture in Chile has been practiced since the 1920s; however, it was not until the 1990s
that aquaculture became an important sector here. Important species in Chilean aquaculture …

Piscirickettsia salmonis was the first “rickettsia-like” bacteria to be recognized as a
pathogenic agent of fish. Since the first reports of piscirickettsiosis emerged from Chile in the …

Salmonid rickettsial septicemia (SRS), caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis, is one of the most
devastating diseases of salmonids. However, the transcriptomic responses of Atlantic …

Piscirickettsiosis (SRS) is the most prevalent bacterial disease in Chilean salmon
aquaculture and is responsible for high economic losses. The aim of this study was to …