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|species            = ''F. columnare''

|species            = ''F. columnare''

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Previously Known As: ''Bacillus columnaris — Chondrococcus columnaris — Cytophaga columnaris — Flexibacter columnaris''

 

Bacteria Previously Known As – ''Bacillus columnaris – Chondrococcus columnaris – Cytophaga columnaris – Flexibacter columnaris''

==Introduction==

==Introduction==

[[File:Columnaris disease.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Columnaris Disease in the gills of a Chinook salmon. Wikimedia Commons]]

[[File:Columnaris disease.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Columnaris Disease in the gills of a Chinook salmon. Wikimedia Commons]]

''F. columnare'' is the '''gram negative, aerobic, rod shaped [[Bacteria|bacterium]]''' responsible for '''Columnaris disease''' in fish.<ref> Bernardet, J. F., Segers, P., Vancanneyt, M., Berthe, F., Kersters, K., Vandamme, P (1996) '''Cutting a gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978)'''. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 46:128-148</ref>  

''F. columnare'' is the '''gram negative, aerobic, rod shaped [[Bacteria|bacterium]]''' responsible for '''Columnaris disease''' in fish.<ref> Bernardet, J. F., Segers, P., Vancanneyt, M., Berthe, F., Kersters, K., Vandamme, P (1996) '''Cutting a gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978)'''. ''International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology'', 46:128-148</ref>  

This disease is not zoonotic.  

This disease is not zoonotic.  

Animal Health & Production Compendium, Columnaris disease datasheet, accessed 11/07/2011 @ http://www.cabi.org/ahpc/

Animal Health & Production Compendium, Columnaris disease datasheet, accessed 11/07/2011 @ http://www.cabi.org/ahpc/

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