Kiran Kumar Eripogu

Comparative genomics of Nocardia seriolae reveals a conserved metabolic core and extensive accessory genome plasticity

These genome findings are consistent with a persistence-associated pathogenicity model in which fish-associated Nocardia, particularly N. seriolae, may depend more on metabolic resilience, stress adaptation, iron acquisition, and accessory genome plasticity than on classical toxin-mediated virulence.