Piscirickettsiaceae

The Piscirickettsiaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota. All species are aerobes found in water.^[2] The species Piscirickettsia salmonis is a fish pathogen and causes piscirickettsiosis in salmonid fishes.^[3] It lives in cells of infected hosts and cannot be cultured on artificial media.^[2] Piscirickettsia salmonis is nonmotile, whereas the other five genera are motile by using a single flagellum.^[2]

Kingdom:Pseudomonadati

Phylum:Pseudomonadota

Class:Gammaproteobacteria

Order:Thiotrichales

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Piscirickettsiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Thiotrichales
Family:	Piscirickettsiaceae Fryer and Lannan 2005
Genera
Cycloclasticus[1] Galenea[1] Hydrogenovibrio[1] Methylophaga[1] Piscirickettsia[1] Sulfurivirga[1] Thiomicrorhabdus[1] Thiomicrospira[1] Thiosulfatimonas[1] Thiosulfativibrio[1]

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