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Hesser J, Mueller RS, Langdon C, Schubiger CB. Immunomodulatory effects of a probiotic combination treatment to improve the survival of Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas) larvae against infection by Vibrio coralliilyticus. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1380089. [PMID: 38650950 PMCID: PMC11033467 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1380089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Introduction The culture of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) is of significant socio-economic importance in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and other temperate regions worldwide, with disease outbreaks acting as significant bottlenecks to the successful production of healthy seed larvae. Therefore, the current study aims to describe the mechanisms of a probiotic combination in improving the survival of C. gigas larvae. Specifically, we investigate changes in C. gigas larval gene expression in response to V. coralliilyticus infection with or without a pre-treatment of a novel probiotic combination. Methods Treatment groups consisted of replicates of Pacific oyster larvae exposed to a) a combination of four probiotic bacteria at a total concentration of 3.0 x 105 CFU/mL at 18 hours post-fertilization (hpf), b) pathogenic V. coralliilyticus RE22 at a concentration of 6.0 x 103 CFU/mL at 48 hpf, and c) the probiotic combination at 18 hpf and V. coralliilyticus RE22 at 48 hpf. RNA was extracted from washed larvae after 72 hpf, and transcriptome sequencing was used to identify significant differentially expressed genes (DEGs) within each treatment. Results Larvae challenged with V. coralliilyticus showed enhanced expression of genes responsible for inhibiting immune signaling (i.e., TNFAIP3, PSMD10) and inducing apoptosis (i.e., CDIP53). However, when pre-treated with the probiotic combination, these genes were no longer differentially expressed relative to untreated control larvae. Additionally, pre-treatment with the probiotic combination increased expression of immune signaling proteins and immune effectors (i.e., IL-17, MyD88). Apparent immunomodulation in response to probiotic treatment corresponds to an increase in the survival of C. gigas larvae infected with V. coralliilyticus by up to 82%. Discussion These results indicate that infection with V. coralliilyticus can suppress the larval immune response while also prompting cell death. Furthermore, the results suggest that the probiotic combination treatment negates the deleterious effects of V. coralliilyticus on larval gene expression while stimulating the expression of genes involved in infection defense mechanisms.
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- Jennifer Hesser
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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Trapella G, Cinti N, Parma L, De Marco A, Dell'Acqua AN, Turroni S, Rampelli S, Scicchitano D, Iuffrida L, Bonaldo A, Franzellitti S, Candela M, Palladino G. Microbiome variation at the clam-sediment interface may explain changes in local productivity of Chamelea gallina in the North Adriatic sea. BMC Microbiol 2023; 23:402. [PMID: 38114947 PMCID: PMC10729368 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-023-03146-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The clam Chamelea gallina is an ecologically and economically important marine species in the Northwestern Adriatic Sea, which currently suffers from occasional, and still unexplained, widespread mortality events. In order to provide some glimpses in this direction, this study explores the connections between microbiome variations at the clam-sediment interface and the nutritional status of clams collected at four Italian production sites along the Emilia Romagna coast, with different mortality incidence, higher in the Northern sites and lower in the Southern sites. RESULTS According to our findings, each production site showed a peculiar microbiome arrangement at the clam-sediment interface, with features that clearly differentiate the Northern and Southern sites, with the latter also being associated with a better nutritional status of the animal. Interestingly, the C. gallina digestive gland microbiome from the Southern sites was enriched in some health-promoting microbiome components, capable of supplying the host with essential nutrients and defensive molecules. Furthermore, in experiments conducted under controlled conditions in aquaria, we provided preliminary evidence of the prebiotic action of sediments from the Southern sites, allowing to boost the acquisition of previously identified health-promoting components of the digestive gland microbiome by clams from the Northern sites. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our findings may help define innovative microbiome-based management strategies for the preservation of the productivity of C. gallina clams in the Adriatic Sea, through the identification and maintenance of a probiotic niche at the animal-sediment interface.
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- Giulia Trapella
- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (Bologna), 40064, Italy
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- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (Bologna), 40064, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
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- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
- Animal and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Ravenna, 48123, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (Bologna), 40064, Italy
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- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
- Animal and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Ravenna, 48123, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
- Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, 61032, Italy.
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Zheng YD, Huang BW, Zhang X, Liu CF, Xin LS, Wang CM, Bai CM. The Probiotic Bacillus hwajinpoensis Colonizes the Digestive System of Crassostrea gigas Larvae and Protects Them from Vibrio alginolyticus Infection. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2918. [PMID: 38138062 PMCID: PMC10745402 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11122918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is one of the most important cultured marine species around the world. Production of Pacific oysters in China has depended primarily on hatchery produced seeds since 2016, with the successful introduction and development of triploid oysters. However, the seed supply of Pacific oysters is threatened by recurring mass mortality events in recent years. Vibriosis is the most commonly encountered disease associated with intensive oyster culture in hatcheries and nurseries. Vibrio alginolyticus and Bacillus hwajinpoensis were the two strains with pathogenic and probiotic effects, respectively, identified during the Pacific oyster larvae production. To monitor their colonization process in Pacific oyster larvae, green fluorescent protein (GFP) and red fluorescent protein (RFP) were labeled to the pathogenic V. alginolyticus and the probiotic B. hwajinpoensis stain, respectively. The pathogenic and probiotic effects of the two strains during the colonization process were then assessed. Stabile expression of GFP and RFP were observed in corresponding stains, and the capabilities of growth, biofilm formation and in vitro adhesion of GFP- and RFP- tagged stains were not significantly different from those of the wild-type strains. Usage of probiotics of 105 CFU/mL significantly inhibited the growth of pathogenic V. alginolyticus and reduced the mortality of D-sharped larvae. Both the pathogenic and probiotic strains employed a similar route to enter and colonize the oyster larvae, which indicates that competing with pathogens for binding and spreading sites were one of the mechanisms of B. hwajinpoensis to provide the probiotic effects to oyster larvae. In summary, employment of fluorescence-tagged pathogenic and probiotic strains simultaneously provides us with an excellent bioassay model to investigate the potential mechanisms of probiotics.
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- Yu-Dong Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Biobreeding and Sustainable Goods, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (Y.-D.Z.); (B.-W.H.); (X.Z.); (C.-F.L.); (L.-S.X.); (C.-M.W.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266071, China
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Alker AT, Farrell MV, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Jones JE, Mikhail SR, Salcedo GY, Moore BS, Shikuma NJ. A modular plasmid toolkit applied in marine bacteria reveals functional insights during bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis. mBio 2023; 14:e0150223. [PMID: 37530556 PMCID: PMC10470607 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01502-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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A conspicuous roadblock to studying marine bacteria for fundamental research and biotechnology is a lack of modular synthetic biology tools for their genetic manipulation. Here, we applied, and generated new parts for, a modular plasmid toolkit to study marine bacteria in the context of symbioses and host-microbe interactions. To demonstrate the utility of this plasmid system, we genetically manipulated the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea, which stimulates the metamorphosis of the model tubeworm, Hydroides elegans. Using these tools, we quantified constitutive and native promoter expression, developed reporter strains that enable the imaging of host-bacteria interactions, and used CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) to knock down a secondary metabolite and a host-associated gene. We demonstrate the broader utility of this modular system for testing the genetic tractability of marine bacteria that are known to be associated with diverse host-microbe symbioses. These efforts resulted in the successful conjugation of 12 marine strains from the Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria classes. Altogether, the present study demonstrates how synthetic biology strategies enable the investigation of marine microbes and marine host-microbe symbioses with potential implications for environmental restoration and biotechnology. IMPORTANCE Marine Proteobacteria are attractive targets for genetic engineering due to their ability to produce a diversity of bioactive metabolites and their involvement in host-microbe symbioses. Modular cloning toolkits have become a standard for engineering model microbes, such as Escherichia coli, because they enable innumerable mix-and-match DNA assembly and engineering options. However, such modular tools have not yet been applied to most marine bacterial species. In this work, we adapt a modular plasmid toolkit for use in a set of 12 marine bacteria from the Gammaproteobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria classes. We demonstrate the utility of this genetic toolkit by engineering a marine Pseudoalteromonas bacterium to study their association with its host animal Hydroides elegans. This work provides a proof of concept that modular genetic tools can be applied to diverse marine bacteria to address basic science questions and for biotechnology innovations.
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- Amanda T. Alker
- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Dai W, Ye J, Xue Q, Liu S, Xu H, Liu M, Lin Z. Changes in Bacterial Communities of Kumamoto Oyster Larvae During Their Early Development and Following Vibrio Infection Resulting in a Mass Mortality Event. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 25:30-44. [PMID: 36370246 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-022-10178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Vibrio and Ostreid herpesvirus 1 are responsible for mass mortalities of oyster larvae in hatcheries. Relevant works have focused on their relationships with the disease when larval mortality occurs. On the contrary, little is known about how the resident microbiota in oyster larvae responds to Vibrio-infected disease causing mortality as the disease progressed, whereas this knowledge is fundamental to unveil the etiology of the disease. Here, we analyzed the temporal succession of the microbiome of Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea) larvae during their early development, accompanied by a Vibrio-caused mortality event that occurred at the post D-stage of larval development in a shellfish hatchery in Ningbo, China, on June 2020. The main causative agent of larval mortality was attributable to Vibrio infection, which was confirmed by linearly increased Vibrio abundance over disease progression. Larval bacterial communities dramatically changed over host development and disease progression, as highlighted by reduced α-diversity and less diverse core taxa when the disease occurred. Null model and phylogenetic-based mean nearest taxon distance analyses showed that the relative importance of deterministic processes governing larval bacterial assembly initially increased over host development, whereas this dominance was depleted over disease progression. Furthermore, we screened the disease-discriminatory taxa with a significant change in their relative abundances, which could be indicative of disease progression. In addition, network analysis revealed that disease occurrence remodeled the co-occurrence patterns and niche characteristics of larval microbiota. Our findings demonstrate that the dysbiosis of resident bacterial communities and the shift of microecological mechanisms in the larval microbiome may contribute to mortality during oyster early development.
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- Wenfang Dai
- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China.
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China.
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China.
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China.
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Alker AT, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Farrell MV, Fedoriouk A, Jones JE, Mikhail SR, Salcedo GY, Moore BS, Shikuma NJ. A modular plasmid toolkit applied in marine Proteobacteria reveals functional insights during bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.31.526474. [PMID: 36778221 PMCID: PMC9915575 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.31.526474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A conspicuous roadblock to studying marine bacteria for fundamental research and biotechnology is a lack of modular synthetic biology tools for their genetic manipulation. Here, we applied, and generated new parts for, a modular plasmid toolkit to study marine bacteria in the context of symbioses and host-microbe interactions. To demonstrate the utility of this plasmid system, we genetically manipulated the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea , which stimulates the metamorphosis of the model tubeworm, Hydroides elegans . Using these tools, we quantified constitutive and native promoter expression, developed reporter strains that enable the imaging of host-bacteria interactions, and used CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) to knock down a secondary metabolite and a host-associated gene. We demonstrate the broader utility of this modular system for rapidly creating and iteratively testing genetic tractability by modifying marine bacteria that are known to be associated with diverse host-microbe symbioses. These efforts enabled the successful transformation of twelve marine strains across two Proteobacteria classes, four orders and ten genera. Altogether, the present study demonstrates how synthetic biology strategies enable the investigation of marine microbes and marine host-microbe symbioses with broader implications for environmental restoration and biotechnology.
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Dai W, Ye J, Liu S, Chang G, Xu H, Lin Z, Xue Q. Bacterial Community Dynamics in Kumamoto Oyster Crassostrea sikamea Hatchery During Larval Development. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:933941. [PMID: 35903470 PMCID: PMC9315157 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.933941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence indicates that microbes colonized in early life stages have a long-term effect on animal wellbeing in later life stages. Related research is still limited in aquatic animals, particularly in bivalve mollusks. In this study, we analyzed the dynamics of the bacterial composition of the pelagic larval stages (fertilized egg, trochophore, D-stage, veliger, and pediveliger) and the sessile postlarval stage (spat) of Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea) and their relationships with the rearing water bacterioplankton in a hatchery by using Illumina sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Both bacterioplankton and larval bacterial communities changed greatly over larval development, and the two communities remarkably differed (r = 0.956, P < 0.001), as highlighted by the differences in the dominant taxa and bacterial diversity. Ecological processes of larval bacterial communities were measured by abundance-unweighted and abundance-weighted standardized effect sizes of the mean nearest taxon distance (ses.MNTD). The unweighted ses.MNTD analysis revealed that the deterministic process constrained the larval bacterial assembly, whereas the weighted ses.MNTD analysis showed that larval bacterial composition was initially governed by stochasticity and then gradually by determinism in the later stages. SourceTracker analysis revealed that the larval bacteria were primarily derived from an internal source, mainly from larvae at the present stage. Additionally, the abundances of larval bacterial-mediated functional pathways that were involved in the amino acid, energy, lipid and carbohydrate metabolisms significantly altered with the larval development. These findings suggest that bacteria assemble into distinct communities in larvae and rearing water in the hatchery system, and the dynamics of bacterial community composition in larvae is likely associated with larval developmental stages.
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- Wenfang Dai
- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- *Correspondence: Qinggang Xue
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Vignier J, Laroche O, Rolton A, Wadsworth P, Kumanan K, Trochel B, Pochon X, King N. Dietary Exposure of Pacific Oyster ( Crassostrea gigas) Larvae to Compromised Microalgae Results in Impaired Fitness and Microbiome Shift. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:706214. [PMID: 34504478 PMCID: PMC8421776 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.706214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is the world's most cultivated oyster and seed supply is heavily reliant on hatchery production where recurring mass mortality events are a major constraint. Outbreaks of bacterial infection via microalgal feed are frequently implicated in these mortalities. This study assessed the effects of feeding compromised microalgae to developing oyster larvae. Intentionally 'stressed' (high pH) or non-stressed microalgae were fed to 11 day-old oyster larvae at two feeding rations for 96 h, followed by a recovery period. Biological endpoints of larval performance were measured following the 96 h exposure and subsequent recovery. Bacterial communities associated with the microalgae feed, rearing seawater, and the oyster larvae, were characterized and correlated with effects on oyster fitness parameters. Feeding stressed algae to oyster larvae for 96 h increased the occurrence of deformities (>70% vs. 20% in control), reduced feeding and swimming ability, and slowed development. Following the recovery period, fewer larvae reached pediveliger stage (2.7% vs. 36% in control) and became spat (1.5% vs. 6.6% in control). The quantity of stressed algae supplied to oyster larvae also influenced overall larval performance, with high feeding rations generally causing greater impairment than low rations. Bacterial profiling using 16S rRNA showed that most bacterial families characterized in larval tissue were also present in larval rearing seawater and in the microalgae feed (98%). The rearing seawater showed the highest bacterial richness compared to the larval and the microalgal compartments, regardless of feeding regime. In larval tissue, bacterial richness was highest in stressed and high-feed treatments, and negatively correlated with larval fitness parameters. These results suggest significant dysbiosis induced by compromised feed and/or increased feed ration. Several bacterial genera (e.g., Halomonas, Marinomonas) were strongly associated with impaired larval performance while the presence of genera in larvae including Vibrio was closely associated with overfeeding. Our research demonstrated that metabarcoding can be effectively used to identify microbiota features associated with larval fitness.
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- Julien Vignier
- Aquaculture Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Aquaculture Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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- Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
- Institute of Marine Science, The University of Auckland, Warkworth, New Zealand
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- Aquaculture Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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Cavalcanti GS, Alker AT, Delherbe N, Malter KE, Shikuma NJ. The Influence of Bacteria on Animal Metamorphosis. Annu Rev Microbiol 2021; 74:137-158. [PMID: 32905754 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-011320-012753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The swimming larvae of many marine animals identify a location on the seafloor to settle and undergo metamorphosis based on the presence of specific surface-bound bacteria. While bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis underpins processes such as the fouling of ship hulls, animal development in aquaculture, and the recruitment of new animals to coral reef ecosystems, little is known about the mechanisms governing this microbe-animal interaction. Here we review what is known and what we hope to learn about how bacteria and the factors they produce stimulate animal metamorphosis. With a few emerging model systems, including the tubeworm Hydroides elegans, corals, and the hydrozoan Hydractinia, we have begun to identify bacterial cues that stimulate animal metamorphosis and test hypotheses addressing their mechanisms of action. By understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria promote animal metamorphosis, we begin to illustrate how, and explore why, the developmental decision of metamorphosis relies on cues from environmental bacteria.
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- Giselle S Cavalcanti
- Viral Information Institute and Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA; , , , ,
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- Viral Information Institute and Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA; , , , ,
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- Viral Information Institute and Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA; , , , ,
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- Viral Information Institute and Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA; , , , ,
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- Viral Information Institute and Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA; , , , ,
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Yang H, Xu Z, Guo B, Zhang X, Liao Z, Qi P, Yan X. Integrated analysis of miRNAome and transcriptome reveals miRNA-mRNA network regulation in Vibrio alginolyticus infected thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus. Mol Immunol 2021; 132:217-226. [PMID: 33478821 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus has developed into a model species for studying the interaction between molluscs and environmental stimuli. Herein, integrated analysis of miRNAome and transcriptome was performed to reveal miRNA-mRNA network regulation in Vibrio alginolyticus infected M. coruscus. There have detected some histological abnormalities in digestive gland and gills of V. alginolyticus challenged mussels, ascertaining the effective irritation by the present bacterial strain. A total of 265 novel miRNAs were finally predicted, of which 26 were differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs). Additionally, 667 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected, which may be potentially associated with innate immune response to V. alginolyticus infection. A regulatory network linked to 22 important pathways and 16 DEMs and 34 OGs was constructed. Some traditional immune-related signaling pathways such as toll-like receptor signaling pathway (TLR) signaling pathway, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signaling pathway, peroxisome, phagosome, lysosome, mammalian target of rapamyoin (mTOR) signaling pathway were linked to specific miRNAs and genes in this network. Further, interactional relationship between certain miRNAs and TLR pathway was dissected, which the results predicted that a number of TLRs and TLR-associated signaling genes including TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, TLR6, IRAK1, TRAF6, MAPK, and IL-17 were negatively regulated by novel_miR_11, novel_miR_145, novel_miR_196, novel_miR_5, novel_miR_163 and novel_miR_217 in the TLR pathway. Additionally, interactional relationship between novel_miR_145 and TLR2 was validated by laboratory experiment. The integrated analysis of mRNA and microRNA deep sequencing data exhibited a sophisticated miRNA-mRNA regulation network in M. coruscus in response to V. alginolyticus challenge, which shed a new light on the underlying mechanism of molluscan confronting bacterial infection.
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- Huai Yang
- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China.
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Gut Symbiotic Microbial Communities in the IUCN Critically Endangered Pinna nobilis Suffering from Mass Mortalities, Revealed by 16S rRNA Amplicon NGS. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9121002. [PMID: 33260452 PMCID: PMC7761360 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9121002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Mass mortality events due to disease outbreaks have recently affected almost every healthy population of fan mussel, Pinna nobilis in Mediterranean Sea. The devastating mortality of the species has turned the interest of the research towards the causes of these events. After the haplosporidan infestation and the infection by Mycobacterium sp., new emerging pathogens have arisen based on the latest research. In the present study, a metagenomic approach of 16S rRNA next generation sequencing (NGS) was applied in order to assess the bacterial diversity within the digestive gland of diseased individuals as well as to carry out geographical correlations among the biodiversity of microbiome in the endangered species Pinna nobilis. The specimens originated from the mortalities occurred in 2019 in the region of Greece. Together with other bacterial genera, the results confirmed the presence of Vibrio spp., assuming synergistic effects in the mortality events of the species. Alongside with the presence of Vibrio spp., numerous bacterial genera were detected as well, including Aliivibrio spp., Photobacterium spp., Pseudoalteromonas spp., Psychrilyobacter spp. and Mycoplasma spp. Bacteria of the genus Mycoplasma were in high abundance particularly in the sample originated from Limnos island representing the first time recorded in Pinna nobilis. In conclusion, apart from exclusively the Haplosporidan and the Mycobacterium parasites, the presence of potentially pathogenic bacterial taxa detected, such as Vibrio spp., Photobactrium spp. and Alivibrio spp. lead us to assume that mortality events in the endangered Fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, may be attributed to synergistic effects of more pathogens.
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Pereira C, Costa P, Duarte J, Balcão VM, Almeida A. Phage therapy as a potential approach in the biocontrol of pathogenic bacteria associated with shellfish consumption. Int J Food Microbiol 2020; 338:108995. [PMID: 33316593 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Infectious human diseases acquired from bivalve shellfish consumption constitute a public health threat. These health threats are largely related to the filter-feeding phenomenon, by which bivalve organisms retain and concentrate pathogenic bacteria from their surrounding waters. Even after depuration, bivalve shellfish are still involved in outbreaks caused by pathogenic bacteria, which increases the demand for new and efficient strategies to control transmission of shellfish infection. Bacteriophage (or phage) therapy represents a promising, tailor-made approach to control human pathogens in bivalves, but its success depends on a deep understanding of several factors that include the bacterial communities present in the harvesting waters, the appropriate selection of phage particles, the multiplicity of infection that produces the best bacterial inactivation, chemical and physical factors, the emergence of phage-resistant bacterial mutants and the life cycle of bivalves. This review discusses the need to advance phage therapy research for bivalve decontamination, highlighting their efficiency as an antimicrobial strategy and identifying critical aspects to successfully apply this therapy to control human pathogens associated with bivalve consumption.
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- Carla Pereira
- Department of Biology & CESAM, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; PhageLab-Laboratory of Biofilms and Bacteriophages, University of Sorocaba, 18023-000 Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Modak TH, Gomez-Chiarri M. Contrasting Immunomodulatory Effects of Probiotic and Pathogenic Bacteria on Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Larvae. Vaccines (Basel) 2020; 8:vaccines8040588. [PMID: 33036213 PMCID: PMC7720132 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8040588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Several Vibrio spp. cause acute and severe mortality events in hatcheries where larvae of bivalve mollusks are reared, potentially leading to subsequent shortage of bivalve seed for the grow-out industry. In particular, strains of Vibrio coralliilyticus have been identified as a major cause of disease in Pacific, Crassostrea gigas, and eastern, C. virginica, oyster hatcheries in the United States of America. Probiotic bacteria are an inexpensive, practical, and natural method of disease control. Previous research shows that pretreatment of larval oysters with probiotic bacteria Bacillus pumilus RI06-95 (RI) and Phaeobacter inhibens S4 (S4) significantly decreases mortality caused by experimental challenge with the bacterial pathogen V. coralliilyticus RE22 (RE22). This study aims to characterize the immune response of 6-10-day-old eastern oyster larvae to experimental challenge with pathogen V. coralliilyticus RE22 and probionts RI and S4. Treatments included (a) pathogen and probiont exposure at a concentration of 5 × 104 CFU per mL (~2500 bacterial cells per larva) for a duration of 6 h, (b) probiont exposure at the same concentration for a duration of 24 h, and (c) probiont RI daily treatment of larvae in the hatchery for 4, 11, and 15 days. Differential gene expression analysis compared pathogen or probiotic-treated transcriptomes to unexposed controls. Probiotic and pathogen treatment led to upregulation of transcripts coding for several immune pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) involved in environmental sensing and detection of microbes in oyster larvae. Larval oyster responses to pathogen RE22 suggested suppression of expression of genes in immune signaling pathways (myd88, tak1, nkap), failure in upregulation of immune effector genes, high metabolic demand, and oxidative stress that potentially contributed to mortality. On the other hand, the transcriptomic response to probiotic bacteria RI and S4 suggested activation of immune signaling pathways and expression of immune effectors (e.g., Cv-spi2, mucins and perforin-2). These key features of the host immune response to probiotic bacteria were shared despite the length of probiotic exposure, probiotic species, and the type of environment in which exposures were conducted. This study suggests that pre-exposure of eastern oyster larvae to probiotics for 6-24 h prior to pathogenic challenge leads to a robust and effective immune response that may contribute to protecting larvae from subsequent challenge with V. coralliilyticus RE22. This research provides new insights into host-microbe interactions in larval oysters that could be applied in the management of vibriosis in bivalve hatcheries.
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- Tejashree H. Modak
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA;
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- Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Sánchez-Ortiz AC, Mazón-Suástegui JM, Del C Flores-Miranda M, Luna-González A, Ochoa N, Melgar-Valdés CE, Campa-Córdova ÁI. Probiotic Bacterium and Microalga Interaction on Rearing Kumamoto Oyster Crassostrea sikamea Spat. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:2758-2765. [PMID: 32524275 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-02076-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This study assessed in vitro interaction between Bacillus bacteria and microalgae and their posterior in vivo effect on rearing Kumamoto oyster Crassostrea sikamea. The probiotic strains Bacillus licheniformis (MAt32), B. subtilis (MAt43) and B. subtilis (GAtB1) were individually inoculated in triplicate into 250 mL flasks containing 1 × 104 colony forming units (CFU) mL-1 of bacteria and 4.5 × 104 cell mL-1 of microalgae (Isochrysis galbana or Chaetoceros calcitrans) to evaluate their growth during a 7-day culture. Single cultures of microalgae or bacilli served as control. Additionally, C. sikamea spat was treated for 28 days with four single/combined bacillus treatments in triplicate at a concentration of 1 × 106 CFU mL-1 as follows: (a) control, without treatments; (b) combination of two antibiotics (10 mg L-1); (c) B. licheniformis; (d) B. subtilis; (e) B. subtilis subtilis and (f) mixed bacilli. The results showed a significantly (P < 0.05) increased growth of Bacillus strains co-cultured with microalgae, while the growth of I. galbana co-cultured with bacteria was not reduced significantly (P > 0.05) compared with the control group. C. sikamea spat treated with Bacillus showed significantly (P < 0.05) higher growth and survival than the control group. In this study, C. calcitrans microalgae were susceptible to the presence of probiotic bacteria. Nonetheless, this reduction in microalgal growth observed in vitro increased growth and survival of C. sikamea spat exposed to probiotic bacteria when compared to spat without probiotics.
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- Ana C Sánchez-Ortiz
- Universidad de Guadalajara (U de G), CUCSUR, DEDSZC, Melaque, Jalisco, 48980, México.,Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, B.C.S, 23096, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, B.C.S, 23096, México
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- Aquaculture Department. Guasave, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación Para El Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR-Sinaloa), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Sinaloa, 81049, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, B.C.S, 23096, México
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- Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Los Ríos. Tenosique, 86901, Tabasco, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, B.C.S, 23096, México.
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López-Carvallo JA, Mazón-Suástegui JM, Hernández-Oñate MÁ, Tovar-Ramírez D, Abasolo-Pacheco F, Morelos-Castro RM, Arcos-Ortega GF. Transcriptome analysis of Catarina scallop (Argopecten ventricosus) juveniles treated with highly-diluted immunomodulatory compounds reveals activation of non-self-recognition system. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233064. [PMID: 32407349 PMCID: PMC7224555 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Marine bivalve hatchery productivity is continuously challenged by apparition and propagation of new diseases, mainly those related to vibriosis. Disinfectants and antibiotics are frequently overused to prevent pathogen presence, generating a potential negative impact on the environment. Recently, the use of highly diluted compounds with immunostimulant properties in marine organisms has been trailed successfully to activate the self-protection mechanisms of marine bivalves. Despite their potential as immunostimulants, little is known about their way of action. To understand their effect, a comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed with Argopecten ventricosus juveniles. The experimental design consisted of four treatments formulated from pathogenic Vibrio lysates at two dilutions: [(T1) Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus 1D; (T2) V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus 7C]; minerals [(T3) PhA+SiT 7C], scorpion venom [(T4) ViT 31C]; and one control (C1) hydro-alcoholic solution (ethanol 1%). The RNA sequencing (RNAseq) analysis showed a higher modulation of differentially expressed genes (DEG) in mantle tissue compared to gill tissue. The scallops that showed a higher number of DEG related to immune response in mantle tissue corresponded to T1 (V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus lysate) and T3 (Silicea terra® - Phosphoric acid®). The transcriptome analysis allowed understanding some interactions between A. ventricosus juveniles and highly-diluted treatments.
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- Jesús Antonio López-Carvallo
- Laboratorio Experimental de Cultivo de Moluscos, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, México
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- Laboratorio Experimental de Cultivo de Moluscos, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, México
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- CONACyT, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
- * E-mail: (GFAO); (MAHO)
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Comparada y Genómica Funcional, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Quevedo, Los Ríos, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Imunogenómica Marina, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, México
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- Laboratorio de Imunogenómica Marina, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, México
- * E-mail: (GFAO); (MAHO)
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Encapsulation of live marine bacteria for use in aquaculture facilities and process evaluation using response surface methodology. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:1993-2006. [PMID: 31915904 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10332-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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New strategies are being proposed in marine aquaculture to use marine bacteria as alternative to antibiotics, as nutritional additive or as immune-stimulant. These approaches are particularly promising for larval and juvenile cultures. In many cases, the bacteria are released in the seawater, where they have to be at appropriate concentrations. In addition, only low-cost technologies are sustainable for this industry, without any complex requirements for use or storage. In this work, we explore the possibilities of preservation of a potential marine probiotic bacterium (Phaeobacter PP-154) as a product suitable for use in marine aquaculture by addition to the seawater. A method which guaranteed the preservation of the viable marine bacteria in a saline medium and their rapid release in the seawater was searched for. In a previous step, classical procedures (freeze-drying and freezing) had been explored, but undesirable results of the interaction of the products obtained with natural seawater led to investigate alternatives. We report the results of the immobilization of the marine bacteria in calcium alginate beads. The final product complies the salinity which allows the requirements of the bacteria without interference with alginate in the formation of beads, and a balanced hardness to retain the bacteria and to be easily released in the marine aquaculture environment. The process was evaluated using the central composite rotatable design (CCRD), a standard response surface methodology (RSM).
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- Diane L. Waller
- U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI 54603 USA
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7617 USA
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Microencapsulated diets to improve bivalve shellfish aquaculture for global food security. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Van Hung N, Bossier P, Hong NTX, Ludeseve C, Garcia-Gonzalez L, Nevejan N, De Schryver P. Does Ralstonia eutropha, rich in poly-β hydroxybutyrate (PHB), protect blue mussel larvae against pathogenic vibrios? JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2019; 42:777-787. [PMID: 30850999 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The natural amorphous polymer poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB-A: lyophilized Ralstonia eutropha containing 75% PHB) was used as a biological agent to control bacterial pathogens of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) larvae. The larvae were supplied with PHB-A at a concentration of 1 or 10 mg/L for 6 or 24 hr, followed by exposure to either the rifampicin-resistant pathogen Vibrio splendidus or Vibrio coralliilyticus at a concentration of 105 CFU/ml. Larvae pretreated 6 hr with PHB-A (1 mg/L) survived a Vibrio challenge better relative to 24 hr pretreatment. After 96 hr of pathogen exposure, the survival of PHB-A-treated mussel larvae was 1.41- and 1.76-fold higher than the non-treated larvae when challenged with V. splendidus and V. coralliilyticus, respectively. Growth inhibition of the two pathogens at four concentrations of the monomer β-HB (1, 5, 25 and 125 mM) was tested in vitro in LB35 medium, buffered at two different pH values (pH 7 and pH 8). The highest concentration of 125 mM significantly inhibited the pathogen growth in comparison to the lower levels. The effect of β-HB on the production of virulence factors in the tested pathogenic Vibrios revealed a variable pattern of responses.
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- Nguyen Van Hung
- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Research Institute for Aquaculture No.3, Nhatrang, Vietnam
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Stevick RJ, Sohn S, Modak TH, Nelson DR, Rowley DC, Tammi K, Smolowitz R, Markey Lundgren K, Post AF, Gómez-Chiarri M. Bacterial Community Dynamics in an Oyster Hatchery in Response to Probiotic Treatment. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1060. [PMID: 31156583 PMCID: PMC6530434 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Larval oysters in hatcheries are susceptible to diseases caused by bacterial pathogens, including Vibrio spp. Previous studies have shown that daily addition of the probiotic Bacillus pumilus RI06-95 to water in rearing tanks increases larval survival when challenged with the pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus. We propose that the presence of probiotics causes shifts in bacterial community structure in rearing tanks, leading to a net decrease in the relative abundance of potential pathogens. During three trials spanning the 2012-2015 hatchery seasons, larvae, tank biofilm, and rearing water samples were collected from control and probiotic-treated tanks in an oyster hatchery over a 12-day period after spawning. Samples were analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing of the V4 or V6 regions followed by taxonomic classification, in order to determine bacterial community structures. There were significant differences in bacterial composition over time and between sample types, but no major effect of probiotics on the structure and diversity of bacterial communities (phylum level, Bray-Curtis k = 2, 95% confidence). Probiotic treatment, however, led to a higher relative percent abundance of Oceanospirillales and Bacillus spp. in water and oyster larvae. In the water, an increase in Vibrio spp. diversity in the absence of a net increase in relative read abundance suggests a likely decrease in the abundance of specific pathogenic Vibrio spp., and therefore lower chances of a disease outbreak. Co-occurrence network analysis also suggests that probiotic treatment had a systemic effect on targeted members of the bacterial community, leading to a net decrease in potentially pathogenic species.
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- Rebecca J. Stevick
- Graduate School of Oceanography, The University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
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- Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Feinstein School of Social and Natural Sciences, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, United States
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- Feinstein School of Social and Natural Sciences, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, United States
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- Feinstein School of Social and Natural Sciences, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, United States
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- Graduate School of Oceanography, The University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
- Division of Research, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
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- Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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Willer D, Aldridge DC. Microencapsulated diets to improve growth and survivorship in juvenile European flat oysters ( Ostrea edulis). AQUACULTURE (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 505:256-262. [PMID: 30890854 PMCID: PMC6420816 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.02.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Sustainable expansion of aquaculture is critical to global food security, and bivalve shellfish aquaculture represents a sustainable method to provide people with affordable nutritious food. Oysters represent 54% of the global bivalve market by value, with propagation of juveniles within hatcheries critical to allow the industry to grow. Growth and survival of juvenile oysters in hatchery systems is constrained by suboptimal feed. The live algal feed currently used is expensive, of variable quality, contamination prone, and the high level of skill and equipment required limits where hatcheries can be located. We demonstrate how a novel microencapsulated diet can increase the growth and survivorship of Ostrea edulis (European flat oyster) juveniles in both the laboratory and hatchery setting. The microcapsules are easily produced in large quantities, stable for long term storage, and can be customised to have exceptionally high levels of nutrients key for oyster growth. O. edulis larvae fed a combined diet of microcapsules and algae for 8 days had a 46% greater increase in maximum size, 171% greater increase in minimum size, and 5% higher survival than larvae fed algae alone. O. edulis spat of 4 mm fed the combined diet for 7 weeks also had significantly greater survivorship (16% greater in hatchery, 58% greater in laboratory) and growth comparable (hatchery) or better (laboratory experiments) than algae alone. Further tailoring of the nutritional composition of microcapsules to specific bivalve species or growth stages could allow microcapsules to replace a greater proportion of or even completely replace algal diets. There is potential for these diets to revolutionise bivalve shellfish farming globally.
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- David Willer
- Department of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Zoology, The David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
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Shigematsu E, Dorta C, Rodrigues FJ, Cedran MF, Giannoni JA, Oshiiwa M, Mauro MA. Edible coating with probiotic as a quality factor for minimally processed carrots. Journal of Food Science and Technology 2018; 55:3712-3720. [PMID: 30150831 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-018-3301-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The objectives of this study were to elaborate an edible coating based on sodium alginate with probiotic potential and to evaluate the coating's performance with respect to microbial viability and the characteristics of safety and freshness of minimally processed carrots stored at 8 ± 2 °C. Carrot slices were submerged in a sodium alginate solution with and without the addition of Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 (7.36 log CFU/g), and gelling was activated by subsequent immersion in a calcium chloride solution. Physical, chemical and microbiological analyses of coated and non-coated samples were performed over a period of 19 days. At the end of this period, the viable cell count of the probiotic remained at 7.11 log CFU/g. Thus, the alginate coating was an efficient support for L. acidophilus. In addition, comparing the acidity increase between the treatments, samples with probiotic coating presented the lowest statistically significant variation, suggesting that the probiotics had reduced the metabolism of the minimally processed carrot slices. The barrier created by the coatings also contributed to the quality of the minimally processed carrots by conserving their moisture and minimizing color changes during storage. These factors are important determinants of the successful commercialization of these products.
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- Elke Shigematsu
- 1São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, São José do Rio Preto Campus, Rua Cristovão Colombo, 2265, Bairro Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000 Brazil
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- Technology Faculty "Estudante Rafael Almeida Camarinha" - FATEC Marília -SP, Av. Castro Alves, 62, 2° andar, Bairro Somenzari, Marília, SP 17500-000 Brazil
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- Technology Faculty "Estudante Rafael Almeida Camarinha" - FATEC Marília -SP, Av. Castro Alves, 62, 2° andar, Bairro Somenzari, Marília, SP 17500-000 Brazil
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- Technology Faculty "Estudante Rafael Almeida Camarinha" - FATEC Marília -SP, Av. Castro Alves, 62, 2° andar, Bairro Somenzari, Marília, SP 17500-000 Brazil
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- Technology Faculty "Estudante Rafael Almeida Camarinha" - FATEC Marília -SP, Av. Castro Alves, 62, 2° andar, Bairro Somenzari, Marília, SP 17500-000 Brazil
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- Technology Faculty "Estudante Rafael Almeida Camarinha" - FATEC Marília -SP, Av. Castro Alves, 62, 2° andar, Bairro Somenzari, Marília, SP 17500-000 Brazil
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- 1São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, São José do Rio Preto Campus, Rua Cristovão Colombo, 2265, Bairro Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000 Brazil
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Eggermont M, Bossier P, Pande GSJ, Delahaut V, Rayhan AM, Gupta N, Islam SS, Yumo E, Nevejan N, Sorgeloos P, Gomez-Gil B, Defoirdt T. Isolation of Vibrionaceae from wild blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) adults and their impact on blue mussel larviculture. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2017; 93:3071448. [PMID: 28334251 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) is known as a robust bivalve species, although its larviculture appears to be highly susceptible to diseases. In this study, we isolated 17 strains from induced mortality events in healthy wild-caught blue mussel adults and demonstrated that they caused between 17% and 98% mortality in blue mussel larvae in a newly developed, highly controlled immersion challenge test model. Eight of the isolates belong to the Splendidus clade of vibrios, while the other isolates belong to the genus Photobacterium. The genomes of the most virulent Vibrio isolate and the most virulent Photobacterium isolate were sequenced and contained several genes encoding factors that have previously been linked to virulence towards bivalves. In vitro tests confirmed that all 17 isolates were positive for these virulence factors. The sequenced genomes also contained a remarkably high number of multidrug resistance genes. We therefore assessed the sensitivity of all isolates to a broad range of antibiotics and found that there were indeed many strong positive correlations between the sensitivities of the isolates to different antibiotics. Our data provide an ecological insight into mass mortality in blue mussels as they indicate that wild mussels contain a reservoir of pathogenic bacteria.
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- Mieke Eggermont
- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- CIAD, A.C. Mazatlan Unit for Aquaculture, AP. 711, 82000 Mazatlán, Sinaloa México
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium.,Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Dubert J, Barja JL, Romalde JL. New Insights into Pathogenic Vibrios Affecting Bivalves in Hatcheries: Present and Future Prospects. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:762. [PMID: 28515714 PMCID: PMC5413579 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hatcheries constitute nowadays the only viable solution to support the husbandry of bivalve molluscs due to the depletion and/or overexploitation of their natural beds. Hatchery activities include the broodstock conditioning and spawning, rearing larvae and spat, and the production of microalgae to feed all stages of the production cycle. However, outbreaks of disease continue to be the main bottleneck for successful larval and spat production, most of them caused by different representatives of the genus Vibrio. Therefore, attention must be paid on preventive and management measures that allow the control of such undesirable bacterial populations. The present review provides an updated picture of the recently characterized Vibrio species associated with disease of bivalve molluscs during early stages of development, including the controversial taxonomic affiliation of some of them and relevant advances in the knowledge of their virulence determinants. The problematic use of antibiotics, as well as its eco-friendly alternatives are also critically discussed.
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- Javier Dubert
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, CIBUS-Facultad de Biología, Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, CIBUS-Facultad de Biología, Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, CIBUS-Facultad de Biología, Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela, Spain
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García Bernal M, Trabal Fernández N, Saucedo Lastra PE, Medina Marrero R, Mazón-Suástegui JM. Streptomyces effect on the bacterial microbiota associated to Crassostrea sikamea oyster. J Appl Microbiol 2017; 122:601-614. [PMID: 27992100 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 10/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIM To determine the composition and diversity of the microbiota associated to Crassostrea sikamea treated during 30 days with Streptomyces strains N7 and RL8. METHODS AND RESULTS DNA was extracted from oysters followed by 16S rRNA gene amplification and pyrosequencing. The highest and lowest species diversity richness was observed in the initial and final control group, whereas Streptomyces-treated oysters exhibited intermediate values. Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum (81·4-95·1%), followed by Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes. The genera Anderseniella, Oceanicola, Roseovarius, Ruegeria, Sulfitobacter, Granulosicoccus and Marinicella encompassed the core microbiota of all experimental groups. The genus Bacteriovorax was detected in all groups except in the final control and the depurated N7, whereas Vibrio remained undetected in all Streptomyces-treated groups. RL8 was the only group that harboured the genus Streptomyces in its microbiota. Principal component analysis showed that Streptomyces strains significantly changed oyster microbiota with respect to the initial and final control. CONCLUSIONS Crassostrea sikamea treated with Streptomyces showed high species diversity and a microbiota composition shift, characterized by keeping the predator genus Bacteriovorax and decreasing the pathogenic Vibrio. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This is the first culture-independent study showing the effect of Streptomyces over the oyster microbiota. It also sheds light about the potential use of Streptomyces to improve mollusc health and safety for consumers after the depuration process.
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- M García Bernal
- Centro de Bioactivos Químicos, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Villa Clara, Cuba
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- Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C. (CIBNOR), La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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- Centro de Bioactivos Químicos, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Villa Clara, Cuba
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C. (CIBNOR), La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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Dubert J, Osorio CR, Prado S, Barja JL. Persistence of Antibiotic Resistant Vibrio spp. in Shellfish Hatchery Environment. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2016; 72:851-860. [PMID: 26552396 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The characterization of antibiotic-resistant vibrios isolated from shellfish aquaculture is necessary to elucidate the potential transfer of resistance and to establish effective strategies against vibriosis. With this aim, we analyzed a collection of bacterial isolates obtained from 15 failed hatchery larval cultures that, for the most part, had been treated experimentally with chloramphenicol to prevent vibriosis. Isolates were obtained during a 2-year study from experimental cultures of five different clam species. Among a total of 121 Vibrio isolates studied, 28 were found to be chloramphenicol resistant, suggesting that the shellfish hatchery had been using a sublethal concentration of the antibiotic. Interestingly, chloramphenicol-resistant vibrios showed also resistance to tetracycline and amoxicillin (group A; n = 19) or to streptomycin (group B; n = 9). Chloramphenicol-resistant vibrios were subjected to a PCR amplification and DNA sequencing of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase genes (cat), and the same approach was followed to study the tetracycline resistance markers (tet). 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing revealed that chloramphenicol-resistant vibrios pertained mostly to the Splendidus clade. Conjugation assays demonstrated that various R-plasmids which harbored the cat II/tet(D) genes and cat III gene in groups A and B respectively, were transferred to E. coli and bivalve pathogenic vibrios. Most interestingly, transconjugants exhibited the antibiotic resistance patterns of the donors, despite having been selected only on the basis of chloramphenicol resistance. This is the first report carried out in a bivalve hatchery elucidating the persistence of resistant vibrios, the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, and the transfer of different R-plasmids.
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- Javier Dubert
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, CIBUS-Faculty of Biology and Aquaculture Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, CIBUS-Faculty of Biology and Aquaculture Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, CIBUS-Faculty of Biology and Aquaculture Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, CIBUS-Faculty of Biology and Aquaculture Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain
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Falaise C, François C, Travers MA, Morga B, Haure J, Tremblay R, Turcotte F, Pasetto P, Gastineau R, Hardivillier Y, Leignel V, Mouget JL. Antimicrobial Compounds from Eukaryotic Microalgae against Human Pathogens and Diseases in Aquaculture. Mar Drugs 2016; 14:E159. [PMID: 27598176 PMCID: PMC5039530 DOI: 10.3390/md14090159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 08/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The search for novel compounds of marine origin has increased in the last decades for their application in various areas such as pharmaceutical, human or animal nutrition, cosmetics or bioenergy. In this context of blue technology development, microalgae are of particular interest due to their immense biodiversity and their relatively simple growth needs. In this review, we discuss about the promising use of microalgae and microalgal compounds as sources of natural antibiotics against human pathogens but also about their potential to limit microbial infections in aquaculture. An alternative to conventional antibiotics is needed as the microbial resistance to these drugs is increasing in humans and animals. Furthermore, using natural antibiotics for livestock could meet the consumer demand to avoid chemicals in food, would support a sustainable aquaculture and present the advantage of being environmentally friendly. Using natural and renewable microalgal compounds is still in its early days, but considering the important research development and rapid improvement in culture, extraction and purification processes, the valorization of microalgae will surely extend in the future.
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- Charlotte Falaise
- FR CNRS 3473 IUML Mer-Molécules-Santé (MMS), Université du Maine, Avenue O. Messiaen, Le Mans 72085, France.
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- Ifremer, SG2M-LGPMM, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, Avenue Mus de Loup, La Tremblade 17390, France.
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- Ifremer, SG2M-LGPMM, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, Avenue Mus de Loup, La Tremblade 17390, France.
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- Ifremer, SG2M-LGPMM, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, Avenue Mus de Loup, La Tremblade 17390, France.
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- Ifremer, SG2M-LGPMM, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, Avenue Mus de Loup, La Tremblade 17390, France.
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- Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada.
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- Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada.
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- UMR CNRS 6283 Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Université du Maine, Avenue O. Messiaen, Le Mans 72085, France.
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- FR CNRS 3473 IUML Mer-Molécules-Santé (MMS), Université du Maine, Avenue O. Messiaen, Le Mans 72085, France.
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- FR CNRS 3473 IUML Mer-Molécules-Santé (MMS), Université du Maine, Avenue O. Messiaen, Le Mans 72085, France.
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- FR CNRS 3473 IUML Mer-Molécules-Santé (MMS), Université du Maine, Avenue O. Messiaen, Le Mans 72085, France.
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- FR CNRS 3473 IUML Mer-Molécules-Santé (MMS), Université du Maine, Avenue O. Messiaen, Le Mans 72085, France.
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Newaj-Fyzul A, Austin B. Probiotics, immunostimulants, plant products and oral vaccines, and their role as feed supplements in the control of bacterial fish diseases. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2015; 38:937-55. [PMID: 25287254 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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There is a rapidly increasing literature pointing to the success of probiotics, immunostimulants, plant products and oral vaccines in immunomodulation, namely stimulation of the innate, cellular and/or humoral immune response, and the control of bacterial fish diseases. Probiotics are regarded as live micro-organisms administered orally and leading to health benefits. However, in contrast with the use in terrestrial animals, a diverse range of micro-organisms have been evaluated in aquaculture with the mode of action often reflecting immunomodulation. Moreover, the need for living cells has been questioned. Also, key subcellular components, including lipopolysaccharides, have been attributed to the beneficial effect in fish. Here, there is a link with immunostimulants, which may also be administered orally. Furthermore, numerous plant products have been reported to have health benefits, namely protection against disease for which stimulation of some immune parameters has been reported. Oral vaccines confer protection against some diseases, although the mode of action is usually linked to humoral rather than the innate and cellular immune responses. This review explores the relationship between probiotics, immunostimulants, plant products and oral vaccines.
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- A Newaj-Fyzul
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Institute of Aquaculture, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Ambas I, Buller N, Fotedar R. Isolation and screening of probiotic candidates from marron, Cherax cainii (Austin, 2002) gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and commercial probiotic products for the use in marron culture. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2015; 38:467-476. [PMID: 24917311 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Six strains of bacteria including Bacillus mycoides (A10) and Shewanella species (A12) isolated from healthy marron intestine, Bacillus species (PM1), Bacillus subtilis (PM3), Bacillus sp. (PM4) and Bacillus sp. (AQ) from commercial probiotic products were investigated for probiotic potential in marron culture. Antibiotic susceptibility tests indicated PM3 and PM4 were susceptible to all nine antibiotics evaluated. A10, A12 and AQ were resistant to class penicillins, whereas PM1 was resistant to class penicillin and macrolides. All strains were non-pathogenic for marron. Strong inhibition against Vibrio mimicus and Vibrio cholerae non-01 was exhibited by PM4 and PM3. A10 inhibited V. mimicus at 72 h of growth, but not V. cholerae non-01, whereas A12 inhibited V. cholerae non-01 but not V. mimicus, and AQ showed no inhibition activity. A wide range of enzymes were produced by A10 and AQ using the API ZYM test. Protease enzymes were produced by PM3, PM4, AQ and PM1. In order of effectiveness, the following bacteria have probiotic potential: B. subtilis (PM3), Bacillus sp. (PM4) and B. mycoides (A10). Further study is required to determine the bacterium or any combination that gives a multibeneficial effect on marron.
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- Sustainable Aquatic Resources and Biotechnology, Department of Agriculture and Environment, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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Faturrahman, Rohyati IS, Sukiman D. Improved of Growth Rate of Abalone Haliotis Asinine Fed Pudding Probiotic-enriched Protein. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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García-Bueno N, Decottignies P, Turpin V, Dumay J, Paillard C, Stiger-Pouvreau V, Kervarec N, Pouchus YF, Marín-Atucha AA, Fleurence J. Seasonal antibacterial activity of two red seaweeds,PalmariapalmataandGrateloupia turuturu, on European abalone pathogenVibrio harveyi. AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/alr/2014009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Trabal Fernández N, Mazón-Suástegui JM, Vázquez-Juárez R, Ascencio-Valle F, Romero J. Changes in the composition and diversity of the bacterial microbiota associated with oysters (Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea sikamea) during commercial production. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 88:69-83. [PMID: 24325323 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The resident microbiota of three oyster species (Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea sikamea) was characterised using a high-throughput sequencing approach (pyrosequencing) that was based on the V3-V5 regions of the 16S rRNA gene. We analysed the changes in the bacterial community beginning with the postlarvae produced in a hatchery, which were later planted at two grow-out cultivation sites until they reached the adult stage. DNA samples from the oysters were amplified, and 31 008 sequences belonging to 13 phyla (including Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes) and 243 genera were generated. Considering all life stages, Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum, but it showed variations at the genus level between the postlarvae and the adult oysters. Bacteroidetes was the second most common phylum, but it was found in higher abundance in the postlarvae than in adults. The relative abundance showed that the microbiota that was associated with the postlarvae and adults differed substantially, and higher diversity and richness were evident in the postlarvae in comparison with adults of the same species. The site of rearing influenced the bacterial community composition of C. corteziensis and C. sikamea adults. The bacterial groups that were found in these oysters were complex and metabolically versatile, making it difficult to understand the host-bacteria symbiotic relationships; therefore, the physiological and ecological significances of the resident microbiota remain uncertain.
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Desriac F, Le Chevalier P, Brillet B, Leguerinel I, Thuillier B, Paillard C, Fleury Y. Exploring the hologenome concept in marine bivalvia: haemolymph microbiota as a pertinent source of probiotics for aquaculture. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 350:107-16. [PMID: 24286558 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Haemolymph-associated microbiota of marine bivalves was explored for antibacterial activity against important aquaculture pathogens. A collection of 843 strains were cultured from the haemolymph of four bivalve species (Crassostrea gigas, Mytilus edulis, Pecten maximus and Tapes rhomboides) collected by deep-sea diving in the Glenan Archipelago (France). Cell-free culture supernatants were investigated for antibacterial activity using the well-diffusion assay. About 3% of haemolymph-associated cultivable bacteria displayed antibacterial activity toward Gram-negative pathogens. Among the active bacteria, Pseudoalteromonas strains exhibited the highest antibacterial activity. The cell-free culture supernatant of one of them, named hCg-51, was able to inhibit the growth of bacterial pathogens even after drastic dilution (1 : 1024). Hemocyte survival was not significantly altered in the presence of the haemolymph-associated strains assayed. Moreover, a dose-dependent beneficial effect on hemocyte survival rates was observed with the hCg-51 strain. These results suggest that haemolymph microbiota may participate in bivalve protection and therefore confer a health benefit on the host. As a result, the results highlight bivalve haemolymph microbiota as a promising novel source for aquaculture probiotics. This work also gives a first insight into the contribution of the haemolymph-associated microbiota as part of the bivalve 'hologenome'.
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- Florie Desriac
- Université de Brest, EA3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne (LUBEM), IFR148 ScInBioS, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Quimper, France
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Wegner KM, Volkenborn N, Peter H, Eiler A. Disturbance induced decoupling between host genetics and composition of the associated microbiome. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:252. [PMID: 24206899 PMCID: PMC3840651 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies of oyster microbiomes have revealed that a limited number of microbes, including pathogens, can dominate microbial communities in host tissues such as gills and gut. Much of the bacterial diversity however remains underexplored and unexplained, although environmental conditions and host genetics have been implicated. We used 454 next generation 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of individually tagged PCR reactions to explore the diversity of bacterial communities in gill tissue of the invasive Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas stemming from genetically differentiated beds under ambient outdoor conditions and after a multifaceted disturbance treatment imposing stress on the host. RESULTS While the gill associated microbial communities in oysters were dominated by few abundant taxa (i.e. Sphingomonas, Mycoplasma) the distribution of rare bacterial groups correlated to relatedness between the hosts under ambient conditions. Exposing the host to disturbance broke apart this relationship by removing rare phylotypes thereby reducing overall microbial diversity. Shifts in the microbiome composition in response to stress did not result in a net increase in genera known to contain potentially pathogenic strains. CONCLUSION The decrease in microbial diversity and the disassociation between population genetic structure of the hosts and their associated microbiome suggest that disturbance (i.e. stress) may play a significant role for the assembly of the natural microbiome. Such community shifts may in turn also feed back on the course of disease and the occurrence of mass mortality events in oyster populations.
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- Karl Mathias Wegner
- Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Coastal Ecology, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Hafenstrasse 43, 25992, List/Sylt, Germany.
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Torres M, Romero M, Prado S, Dubert J, Tahrioui A, Otero A, Llamas I. N-acylhomoserine lactone-degrading bacteria isolated from hatchery bivalve larval cultures. Microbiol Res 2013; 168:547-54. [PMID: 23743010 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS) systems, which depend on N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecules, mediate the production of virulence factors in many pathogenic microorganisms. One hundred and forty-six bacterial strains, isolated from a bivalve hatchery, were screened for their capacity to degrade five synthetic AHLs [N-butyryl-DL-homoserine lactone (C4-HSL), N-hexanoyl-DL-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL), N-octanoyl-DL-homoserine lactone (C8-HSL), N-decanoyl-DL-homoserine lactone (C10-HSL) and N-dodecanoyl-DL-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL)] using well diffusion agar-plate assays with three biosensors, Chromobacterium violaceum CV026, C. violaceum VIR07 and Agrobacterium tumefaciens NTL4 (pZLR4). The results of these assays led to our choosing four strains (PP2-67, PP2-459, PP2-644 and PP2-663) that were able to degrade all five synthetic AHLs, thus showing a wide spectrum of quorum quenching (QQ) activity. We subsequently confirmed and measured the QQ activity of the four strains by high-performance liquid chromatography plus mass-spectrometry analysis (HPLC-MS). One of the strains which showed the highest AHL-degrading activity, PP2-459, identified as being a member of the genus Thalassomonas was chosen for further study. Finally, using thin-layer chromatography (TLC), we went on to confirm this strain's capacity to degrade the AHLs produced by other non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria not taxonomically related.
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- Marta Torres
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cartuja Campus, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Lidder P, Sonnino A. Biotechnologies for the management of genetic resources for food and agriculture. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 2012; 78:1-167. [PMID: 22980921 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394394-1.00001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In recent years, the land area under agriculture has declined as also has the rate of growth in agricultural productivity while the demand for food continues to escalate. The world population now stands at 7 billion and is expected to reach 9 billion in 2045. A broad range of agricultural genetic diversity needs to be available and utilized in order to feed this growing population. Climate change is an added threat to biodiversity that will significantly impact genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA) and food production. There is no simple, all-encompassing solution to the challenges of increasing productivity while conserving genetic diversity. Sustainable management of GRFA requires a multipronged approach, and as outlined in the paper, biotechnologies can provide powerful tools for the management of GRFA. These tools vary in complexity from those that are relatively simple to those that are more sophisticated. Further, advances in biotechnologies are occurring at a rapid pace and provide novel opportunities for more effective and efficient management of GRFA. Biotechnology applications must be integrated with ongoing conventional breeding and development programs in order to succeed. Additionally, the generation, adaptation, and adoption of biotechnologies require a consistent level of financial and human resources and appropriate policies need to be in place. These issues were also recognized by Member States at the FAO international technical conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies for Developing Countries (ABDC-10), which took place in March 2010 in Mexico. At the end of the conference, the Member States reached a number of key conclusions, agreeing, inter alia, that developing countries should significantly increase sustained investments in capacity building and the development and use of biotechnologies to maintain the natural resource base; that effective and enabling national biotechnology policies and science-based regulatory frameworks can facilitate the development and appropriate use of biotechnologies in developing countries; and that FAO and other relevant international organizations and donors should significantly increase their efforts to support the strengthening of national capacities in the development and appropriate use of pro-poor agricultural biotechnologies.
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- Preetmoninder Lidder
- Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension, Research and Extension Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
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- Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension, Research and Extension Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
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