The Evolution of a Specialized, Highly Virulent Fish Pathogen through Gene Loss and Acquisition of Host-Specific Survival Mechanisms

Autor: Laura Baseggio, Jan Engelstädter, Oleksandra Rudenko, Andrew Barnes
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied and environmental microbiology. 88(14)
ISSN: 1098-5336
Popis: Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae is a ubiquitous marine bacterium and opportunistic pathogen of compromised hosts of diverse taxa. In contrast, its sister subspecies P. damselae subsp. piscicida ( Pdp ) is highly virulent in fish. Pdp has evolved from a single subclade of Pdd through gene loss and acquisition.
Databáze: OpenAIRE