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==Host-Symbiont Interaction == | ==Host-Symbiont Interaction == | ||
What kind of interaction do host and symbiont have? How is the host affected by the relationship? How does the host acquire and transmit the symbiont? Is the interaction obligate or facultative? | What kind of interaction do host and symbiont have? How is the host affected by the relationship? How does the host acquire and transmit the symbiont? Is the interaction obligate or facultative? | ||
The interaction between the young salmonids and Renibacterium salmoninarum is a parasitism and obligate. Bacterial Kidney Disease has led to dramatic declines of salmonids in fisheries. | |||
==Molecular Insights into the Symbiosis== | ==Molecular Insights into the Symbiosis== | ||
Describe molecular/genetic studies on the symbiosis. | Describe molecular/genetic studies on the symbiosis. | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 20 November 2011
Work in Progress
Characteristics of the symbiont/pathogen
What kind of microbe is it (eg Cell morphology, shape, phylogenetic classification)? Is its genome sequenced, and if so, how big is the genome?
Renibacterium salmoninarum is a gram-positive bacterium that was first described in 1930 when it was found in Atlantic Salmon in Scotland. The bacterium is characterized by its small, diplobacillus, and rod shape. Its phylogenetic classification is Bacteria > Actinobacteria > Actinobacteria > Actinobacteridae > Actinomycetales > Micrococcineae > Micrococcaceae > Renibacterium > R. salmoninarum.
The Renibacterium salmoninarum genome was published in 2008 and has 3,155,250 base pairs.
Characteristics of the host
What host/s is/are involved? Is there host specificity? Are there secondary reservoirs?
Renibacterium salmoninarum is the causative agent of Bacterial Kidney disease in salmonids. It primarily affects juvenile and pre-spawning salmonids.
Host-Symbiont Interaction
What kind of interaction do host and symbiont have? How is the host affected by the relationship? How does the host acquire and transmit the symbiont? Is the interaction obligate or facultative?
The interaction between the young salmonids and Renibacterium salmoninarum is a parasitism and obligate. Bacterial Kidney Disease has led to dramatic declines of salmonids in fisheries.
Molecular Insights into the Symbiosis
Describe molecular/genetic studies on the symbiosis.
Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects
What is the evolutionary history of the interaction? Do particular environmental factors play a role in regulating the symbiosis?
Recent Discoveries
Describe two findings on the symbiosis published within the last two years.
References
[Sample reference] [[1] Seemanapalli SV, Xu Q, McShan K, Liang FT. 2010. Outer surface protein C is a dissemination-facilitating factor of Borrelia burgdorferi during mammalian infection. PLoS One 5:e15830.]
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