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To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida
The bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida has long been known to be one of the most feared pathogens in fish farming. However, the more we discover about this bacterial species, the more we question whether it is really exclusively an aquatic pathogen. In recent years, it has become obvious that this bact...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208695 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020240 |
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author | Vincent, Antony T. Charette, Steve J. |
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description | The bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida has long been known to be one of the most feared pathogens in fish farming. However, the more we discover about this bacterial species, the more we question whether it is really exclusively an aquatic pathogen. In recent years, it has become obvious that this bacterial species includes a myriad of strains with various lifestyle and ecological niches, including the well-known strict psychrophiles, the first bacteria known of the species, and the newly described mesophilic strains. The mesophiles are able to grow at low temperatures, but even better at temperatures of approximately 37 °C, which strict psychrophiles cannot do. In this perspective article, we address some aspects surrounding this dual lifestyle in A. salmonicida, including the impact of mobile genetic elements, and how future research around this bacterial species may focus on the psychrophilic/mesophilic dichotomy, which makes A. salmonicida an increasingly interesting and relevant model for the study of speciation. |
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spelling | pubmed-88795562022-02-26 To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida Vincent, Antony T. Charette, Steve J. Microorganisms Perspective The bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida has long been known to be one of the most feared pathogens in fish farming. However, the more we discover about this bacterial species, the more we question whether it is really exclusively an aquatic pathogen. In recent years, it has become obvious that this bacterial species includes a myriad of strains with various lifestyle and ecological niches, including the well-known strict psychrophiles, the first bacteria known of the species, and the newly described mesophilic strains. The mesophiles are able to grow at low temperatures, but even better at temperatures of approximately 37 °C, which strict psychrophiles cannot do. In this perspective article, we address some aspects surrounding this dual lifestyle in A. salmonicida, including the impact of mobile genetic elements, and how future research around this bacterial species may focus on the psychrophilic/mesophilic dichotomy, which makes A. salmonicida an increasingly interesting and relevant model for the study of speciation. MDPI 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8879556/ /pubmed/35208695 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020240 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Perspective Vincent, Antony T. Charette, Steve J. To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida |
title | To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida |
title_full | To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida |
title_fullStr | To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida |
title_full_unstemmed | To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida |
title_short | To Be or Not to Be Mesophilic, That Is the Question for Aeromonas salmonicida |
title_sort | to be or not to be mesophilic, that is the question for aeromonas salmonicida |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208695 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020240 |
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