flavobacteriosis

noun

Any disease associated with the presence of flavobacteria

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Meanings

nounflavobacteriosis (plural flavobacterioses)

plural flavobacterioses

  1. medicineAny disease associated with the presence of flavobacteria

    A common disease affecting Rainbow Trout in freshwater is flavobacteriosis (Flavobacterium psychrophilum) with characteristic skin ulcers and erosions as reported here (R. Avendaño, comm. pers. 2015).

    2015 November 7, “Temporal Genetic Variance and Propagule-Driven Genetic Structure Characterize Naturalized Rainbow Trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) from a Patagonian Lake Impacted by Trout Farming”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From flavobacterium + -osis.

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