Spironucleus salmonicida - GCA_000497125.2 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Spironucleus salmonicida

Spironucleus salmonicida is a species of fish parasite. It is a flagellate adapted to micro-aerobic environments that causes systemic infections in salmonid fish. The species creates foul-smelling, pus-filled abscesses in muscles and internal organs of aquarium fish. In the late 1980s when the disease was first reported, it was believed to be caused by Spironucleus barkhanus. Anders Jorgensen was the person that found out what species really caused the disease.

Taxonomy ID 348837

(Text from Wikipedia.)

More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

Assembly

The assembly presented has been imported from INSDC.

Annotation

The annotation has been imported from VEuPathDB.

References

1. The genome of Spironucleus salmonicida highlights a fish pathogen adapted to fluctuating environments.
   Xu F, Jerlstrm-Hultqvist J, Einarsson E, Astvaldsson A, Svrd SG, Andersson JO. 2014. PLoS Genet.. 10:e1004053.