Gaffkaemia

Aerococcus viridans var. homari
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A. v. var. homari
Trinomial name
Aerococcus viridans var. homari
(Hitchner & Snieszko, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Gaffkya homari Hitchner & Snieszko, 1947
  • Pediococcus homari (Hitchner & Snieszko, 1947) Deibel & Niven, 1959

Gaffkaemia (gaffkemia in American English) is a bacterial disease of lobsters, caused by the Gram-positive lactic acid bacterium Aerococcus viridans var. homari.