Table 1.

Virulence related genes of Y. ruckeri.

Gene	Function	References
yrp1	Extracellular protease	Secades and Guijarro, 1999
yrpAB	Peptidases	Navais et al., 2014b
rucC	Iron captation. Ruckerbactin Siderophore synthesis	Fernandez et al., 2004
yhlA	Hemolysine	Fernández et al., 2007b
traI	Type IV secretion system	Méndez et al., 2009
cdsBA	Cysteine transport and degradation	Méndez et al., 2011
znuA	Zinc transport	Dahiya and Stevenson, 2010b
uvrY	Response regulator. Two component system	Dahiya and Stevenson, 2010c
lpxD	Lipid A biosynthesis	Altinok et al., 2016
afp18	Toxin. Glycosyltransferase	Jank et al., 2014
flhD	Motility regulation	Jozwick et al., 2016