Physiological evidence that <i>Piscirickettsia salmonis</i> produces siderophores and uses iron from different sources

Abstract

Piscirickettsia salmonis, a facultative intracellular Gram‐negative bacterium originally isolated in Chile (Bravo &amp; Campos, 1989), causes severe economic losses to the farmed salmonid industry. The impact of this bacterium is not restricted to Chile, and