Bacterium
aeromonas salmonicida
Subclass of:
Aeromonas
Definitions related to aeromonas salmonicida:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This bacteria is non motile, capable of both aerobic and anaerobic respiration, ferments glucose and is generally oxidase positive. A. solmonicida is found in freshwater and marine environments and causes furunculosis in fish and bald sea urchin disease.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-negative bacteria, in the family Aeromonadaceae. It is strictly parasitic and often pathogenic causing FURUNCULOSIS in SALMONIDS and ulcer disease in GOLDFISH.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Aeromonas salmonicida.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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