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However, in some cases, molecular diagnostics failed to identify the etiological agent. We previously demonstrated that a proportion of undiagnosed cases was produced by a new A. salmonicida strain. In those cases where the pathogen remained unidentified, we isolated colonies with an A. salmonicida-like appearance. Subsequent phylogenetic analysis presented in this work grouped those A. salmonicida-like isolates within the Aeromonas piscicola clade. Whole genome sequencing confirmed the taxonomic affiliation, giving additional insights into virulence and antibiotic resistance markers. Indeed, one of the strains showed reduced susceptibility to oxytetracycline. Virulence potential was assessed by in vivo testing in S. salar, which resulted in disease with pathognomonic signs of furunculosis. Although the pathogen presents common antigens with A. salmonicida, the current vaccine triggered only a modest IgM response against A. piscicola in the field. Our results support the hypothesis that the increasing incidence of furunculosis in Chile cannot solely be ascribed to the emergence of the new less-virulent A. salmonicida strain, but may partially result from furunculosis-like infections caused by A. piscicola strains which exhibit a comparable virulence level.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens15040402","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,8]],"date-time":"2026-04-08T09:49:44Z","timestamp":1775641784000},"page":"402","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Aeromonas piscicola in Chilean Salmon Farming: Genomic Insights, Phenotypic Traits, Virulence and Field Immune Response"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0100-2190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcos","family":"Mancilla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adriana","family":"Ojeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yassef","family":"Yuivar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maritza","family":"Grand\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sebasti\u00e1n","family":"Valderrama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marcela","family":"Oyarz\u00fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TEKBios Fish Trial Center, Camino Pargua a Carelmapu km 8, Maullin 5580000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Horst","family":"Grothusen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pablo","family":"Ibarra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TEKBios Fish Trial Center, Camino Pargua a Carelmapu km 8, Maullin 5580000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricio","family":"Bustos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Diagn\u00f3stico y Biotecnolog\u00eda, ADL Diagnostic Chile, Sector La Vara s\/n, Camino a Alerce, Casilla 160, Puerto Montt 5480000, Chile"},{"name":"TEKBios Fish Trial Center, Camino Pargua a Carelmapu km 8, Maullin 5580000, Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"659","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vetmic.2013.06.028","article-title":"The improved PCR of the fstA (ferric siderophore receptor) gene differentiates the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida from other Aeromonas species","volume":"166","author":"Figueras","year":"2013","journal-title":"Vet. 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