Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii in Mediterranean Fish Farms: New Trouble for European Aquaculture?
Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii, a slow-growing mycobacterium closely related to M.marinum, has been isolated only in Pillows wild fish in the United States and in Japanese fish farms to date.Here, we report cases of mortality in three farmed fish species (Dicentrarchus labrax, Sparus aurata, and Sciaenops ocellatus) caused by M.pseudoshottsii in Ital