Several virulence factors of three new Photobacterium species:
Photobacterium toruni, Photobacterium malacitanum and Photobacterium
andalusiense associated with diseases of cultured redbanded seabream (Pagrus
auriga) were studied. The exoenzymatic activities, adherence and cytotoxic
capabilities, and iron-uptake mechanisms were determined both in bacterial
extracellular products (ECP) and whole bacterial cells. The histopathology
damages provoked on redbanded seabream by the ECP was also studied.
