Chemistry and biology of siderophores from marine microbes

J Chen, Y Guo, Y Lu, B Wang, J Sun, H Zhang, H Wang - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microbial siderophores are multidentate Fe (III) chelators used by microbes during
siderophore-mediated assimilation. They possess high affinity and selectivity for Fe (III) …

Iron uptake mechanisms as key virulence factors in bacterial fish pathogens

ML Lemos, M Balado - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This review summarizes the current knowledge about iron uptake systems in bacterial fish
pathogens and their involvement in the infective process. Like most animal pathogens, fish …

Microbiome structure in large pelagic sharks with distinct feeding ecologies

ZA Pratte, C Perry, ADM Dove, LA Hoopes… - Animal Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background Sharks play essential roles in ocean food webs and human culture, but also
face population declines worldwide due to human activity. The relationship between sharks …

Outer membrane protein FrpA, the siderophore piscibactin receptor of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida, as a subunit vaccine against photobacteriosis in …

K Valderrama, M Balado, D Rey-Varela… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photobacteriosis caused by Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida (Pdp) remains one
of the main infectious diseases affecting cultured fish in Mediterranean countries. Diverse …

The evolution of a specialized, highly virulent fish pathogen through gene loss and acquisition of host-specific survival mechanisms

L Baseggio, O Rudenko, J Engelstädter… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Photobacterium damselae comprises two subspecies, P. damselae subsp. damselae and P.
damselae subsp. piscicida, that contrast remarkably despite their taxonomic relationship …

Virulence properties of three new Photobacterium species affecting cultured fish

AM Labella, JJ Rosado, M Balado… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Several virulence factors of three new Photobacterium species: Photobacterium toruni,
Photobacterium malacitanum and Photobacterium andalusiense associated with diseases …

A virulence gene typing scheme for Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida, the causative agent of fish photobacteriosis, reveals a high prevalence of plasmid …

S Abushattal, A Vences, CR Osorio - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
Fish photobacteriosis caused by Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida (Pdp)
constitutes one of the major diseases affecting marine aquaculture worldwide. Although …

A Highly Unstable and Elusive Plasmid That Encodes the Type III Secretion System Is Necessary for Full Virulence in the Marine Fish Pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp …

S Abushattal, A Vences, CR Osorio - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The marine bacterium Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida (Pdp) causes
photobacteriosis in fish and important financial losses in aquaculture, but knowledge of its …

Complete, closed and curated genome sequences of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida isolates from Australia indicate mobilome-driven localized evolution …

L Baseggio, O Rudenko, N Buller… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Despite the recent advances in sequencing technologies, the complete assembly of multi-
chromosome genomes of the Vibrionaceae, often containing several plasmids, remains …

Piscirickettsia salmonis Cryptic Plasmids: Source of Mobile DNA and Virulence Factors

J Ortiz-Severín, D Travisany, A Maass, F P. Chávez… - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Four large cryptic plasmids were identified in the salmon pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis
reference strain LF-89. These plasmids appeared highly novel, with less than 7% nucleotidic …