Candidatus Syngnamydia Venezia,a Novel Member of the Phylum Chlamydiae from the Broad Nosed Pipefish,Syngnathus typhle
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| Authors: | Alexander Fehr Elisabeth Walther Heike Schmidt-Posthaus Lisbeth Nufer Anthony Wilson Miroslav Svercel Denis Richter Helmut Segner Andreas Pospischil Lloyd Vaughan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; 2. Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; 3. Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley, and the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, United States of America, |
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| Abstract: | Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria and important pathogens of humans and animals. Chlamydia-related bacteria are also major fish pathogens, infecting epithelial cells of the gills and skin to cause the disease epitheliocystis. Given the wide distribution, ancient origins and spectacular diversity of bony fishes, this group offers a rich resource for the identification and isolation of novel Chlamydia. The broad-nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) is a widely distributed and genetically diverse temperate fish species, susceptible to epitheliocystis across much of its range. We describe here a new bacterial species, Candidatus Syngnamydia venezia; epitheliocystis agent of S. typhle and close relative to other chlamydial pathogens which are known to infect diverse hosts ranging from invertebrates to humans. |
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