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Mycobacterium marinum is an acid-fast, aerobic bacterium which can infect humans. [4] Infection is usually associated either with swimming, preparing sea food, or with keeping or working with aquarium fish. [2] Infections of humans are rare due to the chlorination of water. [4]
Mycobacteroides salmoniphilum (formerly Mycobacterium salmoniphilum [2]) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota belonging to the genus Mycobacteroides. [1] It was first identified as the causative agent of mycobacteriosis in chinook salmon and steelhead trout, [4] but has since been found to cause disease in Atlantic cod, [5] Atlantic salmon, [6] [7] burbot, [8] [9] coho ...
Mycobacterium is a genus of over 190 species in the phylum Actinomycetota, assigned its own family, Mycobacteriaceae. This genus includes pathogens known to cause serious diseases in mammals, including tuberculosis ( M. tuberculosis ) and leprosy ( M. leprae ) in humans.
The fish responds by walling off the parasitic infestation into a number of cysts that contain milky fluid. This fluid is an accumulation of a large number of parasites. Henneguya and other parasites in the myxosporean group have a complex life cycle where the salmon is one of two hosts.
Fish Affected Image Symptoms Treatment Neon tetra disease: Pleistophora hyphessobryconis (Microsporidia) Neon tetras, zebrafish, various aquarium fish Heavily infected fish appear emaciated and lethargic. Infection targets skeletal muscle, which will appear more opaque through the skin. Piscine tuberculosis: Mycobacterium marinum bacteria: All
For example, silver carp can spawn multiple times each reproductive season — and they can lay anywhere from 145,000 to 5,400,000 eggs, according to estimates from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Aquarium granuloma (also known as fish tank granuloma and swimming pool granuloma) is a rare skin condition caused by a non-tubercular mycobacterium known as Mycobacterium marinum. [2] Skin infections with M. marinum in humans are relatively uncommon, and are usually acquired from contact with contaminated swimming pools, aquariums or infected ...
Fish gills are also the preferred habitat of many external parasites, attached to the gill but living out of it. The most common are monogeneans and certain groups of parasitic copepods, which can be extremely numerous. [18] Other external parasites found on gills are leeches and, in seawater, larvae of gnathiid isopods. [19]