Piscirickettsiaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
Order: | Thiotrichales |
Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
Genera | |
Cycloclasticus |
The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of Proteobacteria. All species are aerobe and found in water [1]. The species Piscirickettsia salmonis is a fish pathogen bacteria and causes Piscirickettsiosis in salmonid fish [2]. It lives in cells of infected hosts and can´t be cultured on artificial media. Piscirickettsia salmonis is non-motile, where as the other five generas are motile by using a single flagellum. None of them are pathogens.