IntroductionAeromonads are ubiquitous in aquatic environments and several species are opportunistic pathogens of fish. Disease losses caused by motile Aeromonas species, particularly Aeromonas hydroph
V. nigripulchritudo is responsible for mass mortalities of shrimp in New Caledonia. The analysis of the genome sequence of one strain, SFn1 (realized by the Genoscope), genetic approaches and molecula