Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Flavobacterium psychrophilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Flavobacterium
Species:
F. psychrophilum
Binomial name
Flavobacterium psychrophilum
(Bernardet and Grimont 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996[1]

Flavobacterium psychrophilum is a psychrophilic, gram-negative bacterial rod (3-5 μm in length), belonging to the Bacteroidota. It is the causative agent of bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD) and was first isolated in 1948 during a die-off in the salmonid Oncorhynchus kisutch.[2]

  1. ^ Parte, A.C. "Flavobacterium". LPSN.
  2. ^ Starliper, C. E. (2011). Bacterial coldwater disease of fishes caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Journal of Advanced Research, 2(2), 97-108.