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Piscirickettsiaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. All species are aerobes found in water.The species Piscirickettsia salmonis is a fish pathogen and causes piscirickettsiosis in salmonid fishes.It lives in cells of infected hosts and cannot be cultured on artificial media. Piscirickettsia salmonis is nonmotile, whereas the other five genera are motile by using a single flagellum.
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Genus

Galenea (1)
Piscirickettsia (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0