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Pathogen
Disease
Host Range
Geographical distribution
Staphylococcus warneri
ulcerations
rainbow trout
Spain, Turkey
Gram-negative bacteria
Aeromonadaceae representatives
Aeromonas allosaccharophila
–
elvers
Spain
Aeromonas bestiarum
–
USA
Aeromonas caviae
septicaemia
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Turkey
Aeromonas dhakensis
generalised septicaemia
Nile tilapia
Mexico
Aeromonas hydrophila (= Aer.
liquefaciens, Aer. punctata)
haemorrhagic septicaemia, motile aeromonas
septicaemia, redsore disease, fi n rot
many freshwater fi sh species
worldwide
Aeromonas jandaei
–
eel (Anguilla
sp.)
Spain
Aeromonas piscicola
–
?
Spain
Aeromonas salmonicida
(subsp.
achromogenes, masoucida,
salmonicida
and smithia)
{= Haemophilus piscium}
furunculosis, carp erythrodermatitis, ulcer
disease
salmonids, cyprinids, and marine
species (dabs, cod)
worldwide
Aeromonas sobria
–
Garra rufa ( Garra rufa
), perch
(Perca fl uvialitis),
gizzard shad
Dorosoma cepedianum),
stone
loach ( Triplophya siluroides
)
tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
China, Slovakia,
Switzerland, USA
Aeromonas schubertii
tuberculous lesions
Snakehead (Ophiocephalus argus)
China
Aeromonas veronii
biovar sobria
epizootic ulcerative syndrome, infectious dropsy African catfi sh Clarias
gariepinus)
, rajputi (Puntius
gonionotus),
rui (Labeo rohita),
catla ( Catla catla
), shole (Channa
striatus),
oscar (Astronotus
ocellatus)
Bangladesh, India
(continued)
1 Introduction