A Highly Unstable and Elusive Plasmid That Encodes the Type III Secretion System Is Necessary for Full Virulence in the Marine Fish Pathogen <i>Photobacterium damselae</i> subsp. <i>piscicida</i>

The marine bacterium <i>Photobacterium damselae</i> subsp. <i>piscicida</i> (<i>Pdp</i>) causes photobacteriosis in fish and important financial losses in aquaculture, but knowledge of its virulence factors is still scarce. We here demonstrate that an unstable pla...

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Main Authors: Saqr Abushattal, Ana Vences, Carlos R. Osorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/9/4729