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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
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Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae Pneumonia in Dead, Stranded Bottlenose Dolphin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Danny MorickComments to Author , Shlomo E. Blum, Nadav Davidovich, Ziv Zemah-Shamir, Eyal Bigal, Peleg Itay, Assaf Rokney, Iris Nasie, Noa Feldman, Marcelo Flecker, Mia Roditi-Elasar, Kobi Aharoni, Yotam Zuriel, Natascha Wosnick, Dan Tchernov, and Aviad P. Scheinin
Author affiliations: University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel (D. Morick, N. Davidovich, Z. Zemah-Shamir, E. Bigal, P. Itay, M. Roditi-Elasar, Y. Zuriel, D. Tchernov, A.P. Scheinin); Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering, Guangzhou, China (D. Morick, D. Tchernov); Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel (S.E. Blum, M. Flecker); Israeli Veterinary Services, Bet Dagan (N. Davidovich); Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel (A. Rokney, I. Nasie, N. Feldman); Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel (K. Aharoni); Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil (N. Wosnick)

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Table 2

PubMLST database of Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae isolates from different marine animals, including a bottlenose dolphin in the eastern Mediterranean Sea*

Country Host Organ Year
 NA
2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2021
Australia
 Seriola lalandi
 Ot
 2
 0
 0
 0
 4
 2
 0
 0
Israel
 Tursiops truncatus
 Lu
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
Italy Caretta caretta Icc 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus delphis Ot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus Br 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sp 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ut 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stenella coeruleoalba Br 0 0 14 3 0 0 0 0
Icc 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
In 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jf 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Li 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Ln 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Lu 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ot 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sp 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Stenella spp. Br 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
In 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Li 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ln 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Lu 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Sp 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tursiops truncatus Br 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Icc 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sp 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Un
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
Japan Labracoglossa argentiventris Ot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sardinops melanostictus
 Ot
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
United States Carcharhinus plumbeus Li 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chromis punctipinnis Ot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 2 2 59 12 4 2 1 4

*Database contained 86 isolates as of February 5, 2020 (https://pubmlst.org/organisms/photobacterium-damselae). Br, brain; Icc, intracardiac clot; In, intestine; Jf, joint fluid; Li, liver; Ln, lymph node; Lu, lung; Mf, mesenteric fluid; NA, no year data in PubMLST database; Ot, other; Sp, spleen; Un, unknown; Ut, uterus.

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