“…The exact reason for the difference in pathogenicity depending on fish species has not been clarified; however, the difference in the development of E. leei depends on fish species or the genetic resistance of fish species (and strain) against myxosporean infection have been reported (Baerwald et al, 2011;Bartholomew, 1998;Sitjà-Bobadilla et al, 2007;Yanagida, 2017;Yanagida et al, 2004;Yasuda et al, 2005). 2) Co-infection with pathogenic bacteria and E. leei: some pathogenic bacterial infections (Genera Edwardsiella, Vibrio, and Streptococcus) from emaciated olive flounders have been reported (Choi et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2015;Yasuda et al, 2005), and the co-infection with Edwardsiella piscicida affected the pathogenicity of E. leei (Shin et al, 2022). No bacteria were isolated from the kidney and liver of starry flounder; however, previous studies have reported pathogenic bacteria (Photobacterium damselae subsp.…”