Species/Subspecies: | Yersinia ruckeri | ||||||||
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Categories: | Causes hemolysis; in the normal flora; notifiable diseases and bacteria | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: named after the French bacteriologist A.J.E. Yersin, who in 1894 first isoleted the bacterium which causes the plague. Species epithet: named after R.R. Rucker, who studied the red mouth disease and its causative agent. | ||||||||
Significance: | The disease has been has been found in farmed fish since 1985 in Sweden and recently also in wild fish. [Of minor importance] |
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Taxonomy: | Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Enterobacterales Family Yersiniaceae Genus Yersinia |
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Type Strain: | ATCC 29473 = CCUG 14190 = NCTC 12986 | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell): | Small (0.5-1 mm in diameter) white greyish colonies | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Motile rods (1 x 2-3 µm) with peritrichous flagella | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||
Other Enzymes: | Tryptophanase - and urease - | ||||||||
Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Glucose(gas) -, Mannitol +, Rhamnose -, Sorbitol - and Sucrose -. Cf. other Yersinia spp. | ||||||||
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Vector: | Certain other fish species | ||||||||
Disease: | Enteric redmouth (ERM) disease (or just redmouth disease) or yersiniosis |
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Hosts: | Freshwater and marine fish, particularly salmonids | ||||||||
Clinical Picture: | Subcutaneous hemorrhaging of the mouth, fins, and eyes and also on internal organs. | ||||||||
Virulence Factors: | Produce a so-called siderophore (for iron uptake) called ruckerbactin. | ||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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Within the genus Yersinia, 20 species have been described. All species belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae. | ||||||||
Comment: | Red mouthe disease is a notifyable disease in Sweden. | ||||||||
Reference(s): | No. 174 | ||||||||
Updated: | 2022-04-13 |
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New families introduced within the order Enterobacterales![]() The order Enterobacterales (formerly called Enterobacteriales) previously consisted of bacteria with different properties and phylogenetically, these bacteria were far apart. In order for the taxonomy to be more in line with phylogeny, some of these bacteria have, therefore, been sorted into 6 new families. Published 2022-04-13. Read more... |