Publications by authors named "Joy Chukwu-Osazuwa"

Cold shock proteins (Csp) are pivotal nucleic acid binding proteins known for their crucial roles in the physiology and virulence of various bacterial pathogens affecting plant, insect, and mammalian hosts. However, their significance in bacterial pathogens of teleost fish remains unexplored. subsp.

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Renibacterium salmoninarum causes Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in several fish species. Atlantic lumpfish, a cleaner fish, is susceptible to R. salmoninarum.

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is the most frequent pathogen affecting fish worldwide. The only known virulent strains of are serotypes O1, O2, and O3. Genetic differences between the serotypes that could shed insight on the evolution and serotype differences of this marine pathogen are unknown.

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Active flavins derived from riboflavin (vitamin B) are essential for life. Bacteria biosynthesize riboflavin or scavenge it through uptake systems, and both mechanisms may be present. Because of riboflavin's critical importance, the redundancy of riboflavin biosynthetic pathway (RBP) genes might be present.

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Marine finfish aquaculture is affected by diverse infectious diseases, and they commonly occur as co-infection. Some of the most frequent and prevalent Gram-negative bacterial pathogens of the finfish aquaculture include , , , and . To prevent co-infections in aquaculture, polyvalent or universal vaccines would be ideal.

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