Experimental challenge of Chinook salmon with Tenacibaculum maritimum and Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi fulfils Kochs postulates
K. Kumanan, J. Carson, R. B. J. Hunter, A. Rolton, U. von Ammon, C. Bandaranayake, C. Angelucci, R. N. Morrison, S. P. Walker, J. E. Symonds, K. S. Hutson
This study confirms Tenacibaculum species cause tenacibaculosis in Chinook salmon through immersion challenge, fulfilling modernized Koch's postulates and showing disease symptoms and reisolation of the pathogens.
bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology