Sequencing of the 16S rDNA is becoming an accepted procedure for the identification of fish pathogens, for example V. harveyi and confirming its synonymy with V. carchariae, and has been instrumental in the recognition of new pathogens, including Streptococcus dysgalactiae, S. parauberis (previously recognised as S. uberis genotype II; ) and Vagococcus salmoninarum , and confirmed the presence of Lactococcus garvieae in Taiwan