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Fish exposed to seawater succumbed to epitheliocystis from 21 days post hatching, causing mortality in a quarter of the hosts. The pathogen responsible was not chlamydial, as is often found in epitheliocystis, but a novel species of the γ-proteobacterial genus \u003cjats:italic\u003eEndozoicomonas\u003c/jats:italic\u003e. Detailed characterisation of this pathogen within the infectious lesions using high resolution fluorescent and electron microscopy showed densely packed rod shaped bacteria. A draft genome sequence of this uncultured bacterium was obtained from preserved material. Comparison with the genome of the \u003cjats:italic\u003eEndozoicomonas elysicola\u003c/jats:italic\u003e type strain shows that the genome of \u003cjats:italic\u003eCa\u003c/jats:italic\u003e. Endozoicomonas cretensis is undergoing decay through loss of functional genes and insertion sequence expansion, often indicative of adaptation to a new niche or restriction to an alternative lifestyle. These results demonstrate the advantage of mesocosm studies for investigating the effect of environmental bacteria on susceptible hosts and provide an important insight into the genome dynamics of a novel fish pathogen.\u003c/jats:p\u003e","long_citation_html":"Katharios et al. (2015). Environmental marine pathogen isolation using mesocosm culture of sharpsnout seabream: striking genomic and morphological features of novel Endozoicomonas sp.\n\u003ci\u003eScientific Reports\u003c/i\u003e.\n\u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17609\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDOI: 10.1038/srep17609\u003c/a\u003e\n","created_at":"2026-10-22T11:16:12.051Z","updated_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:42.753Z","authors":[{"id":14696,"given":"Pantelis","family":"Katharios","created_at":"2024-08-13T08:30:35.830Z","updated_at":"2024-08-13T08:30:35.830Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/14696.json"},{"id":19896,"given":"Helena M. 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