Shape and Size

Rod-shaped

Genome Information

Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae CIP 102761, Size 5.05Mb, GC% 40.7, Protein 4,267, rRNA 35, tRNA 190, Gene 4,572 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/675

Food Source

consumption of seafood (especially fish)

Pathological Factor

Highly hemolytic strains produce damselysin (Dly), a cytolysin encoded by the dly gene that is lethal for mice and has hemolytic activity.

Disease

necrotizing fasciitis

Symptoms

death of soft tissues

Affected Body Organs

soft tissues of body