Omics Strategies Applied in Diagnosis of Aquatic Animals Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 2325
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infectious diseases of fish; sturgeons diseases; nontuberculous mycobacteria; molecular diagnostics
Interests: fish and shellfish diseases; aquaculture; freshwater ecosystems; environmental contaminants; ecotoxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fish disease diagnostics are constantly and rapidly evolving. New pathogens are continually being discovered, and our understanding of historically known etiological agents is growing. This is due in particular to the use of increasingly sophisticated diagnostic techniques, allowing us to obtain results that provide more information compared with the previously used methods. On this path, omics techniques, already widely applied in several sectors of veterinary medicine, are increasingly being used in the field of fish disease. These techniques allow us to obtain more information on emerging pathogens, to track disease outbreaks, and to review the taxonomy of microorganisms that are difficult to identify. The progressive reduction in the costs of these technologies is facilitating their diffusion and routine application in diagnostic laboratories.
Therefore, our Special Issue aims to focus on the application of omics techniques in the diagnosis and study of the pathogens of aquatic organisms (fish and shellfish). Articles for submission should concern the application of these methods for the identification, characterization and control of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites that can affect wild and/or farmed fish, molluscs and crustaceans. Studies regarding the comparison of omics techniques with traditional assays will also be taken into consideration, in order to highlight the limits and potential of the various diagnostic methods.
Dr. Davide Mugetti
Dr. Marino Prearo
Dr. Pier Luigi Acutis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bacterial diseases
- viral diseases
- parasitic diseases
- fish diseases
- shellfish diseases
- molecular biology techniques
- genomics
- proteomics
- biomolecular identification
- phylogenetic analysis
- comparison of traditional vs. innovative methods
