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There has been a progressive increase in the number of new bacterial taxa associated with fish diseases, with examples including Pasteurella skyensis and Francisella noatunensis and the emergence of so-called unculturables, e.g. Candidatus, intact cells of which have been observed in diseased tissue but culture has not yet been achieved.
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Austin, B., Austin, D.A. (2012). Introduction. In: Bacterial Fish Pathogens. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4884-2_1
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