500
with skin haemorrhages of sand smelt ( Atherina boyeri ) in Italy, albeit in a mixed
community with V. anguillarum and V. harveyi, but pathogenicity was not proven
(Fabbro et al. 2011 ).
Apart from the established vibrio fi sh pathogens, a study of the type strains of
newly described and some older known vibrios and their ECPs revealed that
V. brasiliensis (LD 50 = ~2 × 10
4 ) , V. coralliilyticus (LD 50 = 7.5 × 10
1 – 2.5 × 10
3 ) ,
Fig. 10.1 Extensive surface haemorrhaging on a turbot with vibriosis (Photograph courtesy of
Professor X.-H. Zhang)
Fig. 10.2 An ulcer, caused by Vibrio sp., on the surface of olive fl ounder (Photograph courtesy of
Dr. D.-H. Kim)
10 Vibrios
with skin haemorrhages of sand smelt ( Atherina boyeri ) in Italy, albeit in a mixed
community with V. anguillarum and V. harveyi, but pathogenicity was not proven
(Fabbro et al. 2011 ).
Apart from the established vibrio fi sh pathogens, a study of the type strains of
newly described and some older known vibrios and their ECPs revealed that
V. brasiliensis (LD 50 = ~2 × 10
4 ) , V. coralliilyticus (LD 50 = 7.5 × 10
1 – 2.5 × 10
3 ) ,
Fig. 10.1 Extensive surface haemorrhaging on a turbot with vibriosis (Photograph courtesy of
Professor X.-H. Zhang)
Fig. 10.2 An ulcer, caused by Vibrio sp., on the surface of olive fl ounder (Photograph courtesy of
Dr. D.-H. Kim)
10 Vibrios