Table 1.

Aquatic bacterial pathogens that cause disease in fish and humans.

Organism	Symptoms in fish	Symptoms in humans	References
Aeromonas hydrophila	hemorrhagic septicemia, red sore disease and ulcerative infections	mild gastroenteritis, septicemia, necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis	(Janda and Abbott, 2010)
Edwardsiella tarda	septicemia, small cutaneous lesions, necrotic abscesses, petechial hemorrhaging of the fin and skin, rectal hernia, edema of the abdomen	Gastroenteritis, intestinal colitis, soft tissue infections, meningitis, peritonitis, septicemia, bacteremia, endocarditis and urosepsis	(Janda and Abbott, 2010; Mohanty and Sahoo, 2007; Schlenker and Surawicz, 2009; Tamada et al., 2009; Wang et al., 2005)
Mycobacterium marinum	skin erythema, raised scales, swollen abdomen, granulomatous lesions in the peritoneum, kidneys and ovaries	granulomatous skin and soft tissue infection	(Bonamonte et al., 2013; Gao et al., 2004; Huang et al., 2012; Jacobs et al., 2009; Wu et al., 2012)
Streptococcus agalactiae	sepsis and meningitis	early onset neonatal sepsis and meningitis	(Edmond et al., 2012; Evans et al., 2002; Skoff et al., 2009)
Streptococcus iniae	systemic infection with accompanying meningitis and panophthalmitis	bacteremic cellulitis with the rare complications of endocarditis, meningitis, arthritis, sepsis and toxic shock	(Agnew and Barnes, 2007; Bromage and Owens, 2002; Weinstein et al., 1996a; Weinstein et al., 1996b)
Vibrio alginolyticus	septicemia	gastrointestinal, wound and mucosal infections	(Blake et al., 1980; Dechet et al., 2008)
Vibrio cholerae	colonization of the intestinal track, mild edema, diarrhea	cholera disease causing dehydration and diarrhea	(Austin, 2010; Finkelstein and Oren, 2011; Runft et al., 2014; Sack et al., 2004)
Vibrio vulnificus	external haemorrhaging and ulcers, haemorrhaging of the gills, heart, liver and spleen	soft tissue infections, primary septicemia	(Blake et al., 1980; Dechet et al., 2008)