Piscirickettsiaceae
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The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of
Pseudomonadota Pseudomonadota (synonym "Proteobacteria") is a major phylum of gram-negative bacteria. Currently, they are considered the predominant phylum within the domain of bacteria. They are naturally found as pathogenic and free-living (non- parasitic) ...
. All species are
aerobe An aerobic organism or aerobe is an organism that can survive and grow in an oxygenated environment. The ability to exhibit aerobic respiration may yield benefits to the aerobic organism, as aerobic respiration yields more energy than anaerobic ...
s found in water.George M. Garrity: ''
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology ''Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology'' is the main resource for determining the identity of prokaryotic organisms, emphasizing bacterial species, using every characterizing aspect. The manual was published subsequent to ''Bergey's Manual ...
''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria''
The species ''Piscirickettsia salmonis'' is a fish pathogen and causes piscirickettsiosis in salmonid fishes.Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt: The Prokaryotes, A Handbook of the Biology of Bacteria''. Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses'' 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 A flagellum (; : flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hair-like appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores ( zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many pr ...
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Piscirickettsiosis
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

J.P. Euzéby: ''List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature'' Thiotrichales {{gammaproteobacteria-stub