Comparative genomics of Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Flavobacterium psychrophilum strain:1882-11

Flavobacterium psychrophilum (Fp) is one of the most prevalent and troublesome infectious agents in salmonid farming worldwide that profoundly impacts the European salmon and rainbow trout production. Fp is the agent of cold water disease (CWD) and rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS). These conditions occur most frequently at water temperatures between 3°C and 15°C and they can result in considerable economic losses due to high mortality in fry and juvenile fish, product quality problems (from skin ulcerations to vertebral deformation), increased susceptibility to other pathogens, elevated labor costs, and the need for chemotherapeutics. Whole genome sequence data will serve to characterize the gene repertoire of selected strains focusing on virulence mechanisms and host-pathogen interactions.