Journal: Journal of Fish Diseases
Article Title: Experimental Challenge of Chinook Salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) With Tenacibaculum maritimum and Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi Fulfils Koch's Postulates
doi: 10.1111/jfd.14088
Figure Lengend Snippet: Histopathological changes in the skin of Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) exposed to Tenacibaculum species. (A) Fish in the control group not exposed to Tenacibaculum spp. showing scales (S) and overlying epidermis. (B, C) Fish exposed to Tenacibaculum maritimum . (B) Smolt exposed to T. maritimum showed increased lymphocytic infiltration (white arrows) and (C) ulceration into the dermis (white star). (D–F) Fish exposed to Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi . (D) Vacuolisation of skeletal muscle (V) and basophilic mats of filamentous bacteria (black stars) and lymphocytic infiltration (white arrows). (E, F) Filamentous bacterial mat (black stars) underlying skeletal muscle and increased lymphocytic infiltration (white arrows).
Article Snippet: Tenacibaculum maritimum (formerly Flexibacter maritimus ; Wakabayashi, Hikida, and Masumura ) was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand Chinook salmon in 1989 (Boustead , 87p.).
Techniques: Control, Bacteria