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Evidence that water transmits the disease caused by the fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae
2000
The transmission through water of the disease caused by the fish pathogen, Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, as well as the role of the skin mucus in the initial steps of the infection, have been studied. All tested strains resisted the bactericidal activity of the mucus and showed an ability to adhere to it, but only those virulent by the intraperitoneal route were infective through water. Moribund fishes showed the typical signs of the disease: haemorrhaged areas on the body surface and ulcerative lesions with mucus degradation. These results suggest that the pathogen can be transmitted to fish through water and use the skin as a portal of entry.
Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2, pathogenic for eels, is also an opportunistic pathogen for humans
1996
We report that the eel pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 is also an opportunistic pathogen for humans. Results from a detailed comparative study using reference strains of both biotypes revealed that the clinical strain ATCC 33817, originally isolated from a human leg wound and classified as V. vulnificus (no reference on its biotype is noted), belongs to biotype 2 of the species. As a biotype 2 strain, it is negative for indole and pathogenic for eels and mice, harbors two plasmids of high MrS, and belongs to serogroup E, recently proposed as characteristic of biotype 2 strains. In consequence, appropriate measures must be taken by consumers, particularly by those running a health risk,…
Draft Genome Sequence of Environmental Bacterium Vibrio vulnificus CladeA-yb158
2015
ABSTRACT We report the genome sequence of the environmental Vibrio vulnificus biotype 1_cladeA. This draft genome of the CladeA-yb158 strain, isolated in Israel, represents this newly emerged clonal group that contains both clinical and environmental strains.
Widespread diminishing anthropogenic effects on calcium in freshwaters
2019
Calcium (Ca) is an essential element for almost all living organisms. Here, we examined global variation and controls of freshwater Ca concentrations, using 440 599 water samples from 43 184 inland water sites in 57 countries. We found that the global median Ca concentration was 4.0 mg L−1 with 20.7% of the water samples showing Ca concentrations ≤ 1.5 mg L−1 , a threshold considered critical for the survival of many Ca-demanding organisms. Spatially, freshwater Ca concentrations were strongly and proportionally linked to carbonate alkalinity, with the highest Ca and carbonate alkalinity in waters with a pH around 8.0 and decreasing in concentrations towards lower pH. However, on a temporal…
Eelness: Transcriptomic analysis of Vibrio-induced immune response in European eel
2014
La malaltia és l’alteració de l’estat fisiològic d’un individu, dificultant les seves funcions vitals i fins i tot, comportant a la mort. Tots els éssers vius poden contraure malaltia, aquesta, és majoritàriament provocada per microorganismes patògens, incloent bacteris, virus, protozous i fongs. Al llarg de la infecció, la relació hoste-patògen és clau. Per una banda, l’hoste ha de comptar amb un sistema immunitari eficaç, capaç de combatre l’infecció, mantenint les funcions vitals i per tant, evitant la mort. Per l’altre banda, el patogen desenvolupa una sèrie de factors per tal de aconseguir una invasió exitosa i per tant, provocant infecció. L’objectiu principal d’aquest tesi és l’estud…
Pathogenicity of live bacteria and extracellular products of motileAeromonasisolated from eels
1995
The pathogenic activities in vitro and in vivo of live bacteria and extracellular products (ECP) of 24 motile Aeromonas strains were investigated. Most Aer. hydrophila and Aer. jandaei isolates were pathogenic for eels (LD50 105·4‐107·6 cfu fish‐1) but no Aer. sobria, Aer. caviae and Aer. allosaccharophila caused mortality in eels at doses of > 108·4 cfu fish‐1. Of these Aeromonas strains, Aer. hydrophila and Aer. jandaei in particular produced elastases and haemolysins against fish erythrocytes. ECP from Aer. hydrophila and Aer. jandaei caused degenerative changes in fish cell lines and were strongly toxic for eels (LD50 1·0–3·2 μg (g fish)‐1) reproducing the symptoms associated with natur…
Type IV pili and their role in virulence in Vibrio vulnificus
2021
Las bacterias del género Vibrio, compuesto por mas de 100 especies, están presentes en la gran mayoría de los ecosistemas acuáticos alrededor del mundo. Estas bacterias son gram-negativas, aeróbicas y anaeróbicas facultativas, y cuentan con al menos un flagelo polar. Se pueden encontrar tanto como un organismo de vida libre en el agua, como habitando superficies bióticas y abióticas en forma de agregaciones inmóviles llamadas biofilms. Una gran cantidad de especies pertenecientes a este género son patógenas para los humanos, dentro de las cuales, las tres más importantes son, V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, y V. vulnificus, debido a su elevada tasa de incidencia y gravedad de las infeccio…
Numerical Taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae and Vibrionaceae associated with Reared Fish and Surrounding Fresh and Brackish Water
1995
Summary A numerical taxonomic study was performed on 51 isolates of gram-negative, oxidase-positive, rodshaped, heterotrophic, facultative anaerobic bacteria isolated from aquatic samples (fresh and brackish water, eels, turbot and rainbow trout). These bacteria were compared with 28 type and references strains which included most of Aeromonas phenospecies and DNA hybridization groups, as well as strains of some arginine-positive vibrios and Plesiomonas shigelloides . The strains were characterized by 137 morphological, biochemical, physiological and nutritional tests, and data were examined by simple matching (S SM ) and Jaccard (S J ) coefficients. Unweigthed pair group mathematical avera…
Biotic methylation of mercury by intestinal and sulfate-reducing bacteria and their potential role in mercury accumulation in the tissue of the soil-…
2014
Abstract Monomethylmercury as one of the most toxic mercury species influences the health and development of higher organisms and tends to accumulate in the tissue of animals and humans. The aim of this study was to explore the mercury methylating capability of (1) intestinal microbiota of the soil-living earthworm Eisenia foetida (E. foetida) and (2) intestinal sulfate reducing-bacteria in pure cultures. After exposing animals to inorganic mercury chloride (4 mg kg−1 Hg2+) in soil and sterile soil for ten days, the amount of methylmercury in tissue was measured. Despite sterilization of soil, the accumulation of the organic mercury species in tissue was 51 ng g−1. To elucidate the potentia…
Draft Genome Sequences of Vibrio renopiscarius Strains CECT 8603T and CECT 8604, Two Marine Gammaproteobacteria Isolated from Cultured Gilthead Sea B…
2015
ABSTRACT Vibrio renopiscarius DCR 1-4-2 T (CECT 8603 T ) and DCR 1-4-12 (CECT 8604) were isolated from healthy gilthead sea bream ( Sparus aurata ) from Mediterranean fish farms (Castellón, Spain). Their draft genome sequences (30 and 44 contigs, respectively) have 4.3 Mbp and a G+C content of 45.2 mol% and contain almost 3,700 protein-encoding genes.