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Gao Z, Yang C, Zhang X, Hu B, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Kuang W, Zheng Q, Cao J. Establishment of a Rapid LAMP Assay for Aeromonas hydrophila and Comparison with the Application of qPCR. Metabolites 2023; 13:841. [PMID: 37512548 PMCID: PMC10383757 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070841] [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: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The development of an exceptionally sensitive diagnostic technique for early identification of aquaculture diseases, specifically Aeromonas hydrophila, is essential for efficient management of disease outbreaks at aquaculture locations. In this research, a swift and sensitive diagnostic assay employing Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of Aeromonas hydrophila was devised and compared to the conventional qPCR method documented by Rong Wang. Validation of the diagnostic assay was carried out using actual samples obtained from aquaculture fish. The findings revealed that based on the rapid detection of crude bacterial genomic DNA, the fluorescent LAMP assay possessed a lower limit of detection (LOD) of 0.559 ng/μL (0.315-1.693, 95% CI), while the LOD for qPCR stood at 4.301 ng/μL (2.084-8.876, 95% CI). Both techniques demonstrated outstanding specificity, exhibiting no cross-reactivity with bacteria from the same or closely related genera. A total of 74 fish samples suspected to be infected with the fish disease were gathered, with 26 and 23 samples testing positive for Aeromonas hydrophila via LAMP and qPCR, respectively. The concordance analysis for LAMP and qPCR methods generated a Kappa value of 0.909 (0.778-1.000, 95% CI), signifying a high degree of diagnostic consensus. This study highlights that the LAMP assay eliminates the thermal cycle temperature change process of qPCR, uses lysate to crudely extract bacterial genomic DNA, and can complete the detection within 40 min, rendering it a practical and efficient alternative for monitoring disease outbreaks at aquaculture sites.
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- Zihui Gao
- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Institute of Biological Resources, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330096, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Guangzhou Double Helix Gene Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510320, China
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- Institute of Biological Resources, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330096, China
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- Institute of Biological Resources, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330096, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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Wang Y, Niu J, Sun M, Li Z, Wang X, He Y, Qi J. Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Streptococcus iniae in Trachinotus ovatus Based on Multienzyme Isothermal Rapid Amplification. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24097733. [PMID: 37175440 PMCID: PMC10178759 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24097733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Infectious diseases caused by Streptococcus iniae lead to massive death of fish, compose a serious threat to the global aquaculture industry, and constitute a risk to humans who deal with raw fish. In order to realize the early diagnosis of S. iniae, and control the outbreak and spread of disease, it is of great significance to establish fast, sensitive, and convenient detection methods for S. iniae. In the present study, two methods of real-time MIRA (multienzyme isothermal rapid amplification, MIRA) and MIRA-LFD (combining MIRA with lateral flow dipsticks (LFD)) for the simA gene of S. iniae were established, which could complete amplification at a constant temperature of 42 °C within 20 min. Real-time MIRA and MIRA-LFD assays showed high sensitivity (97 fg/μL or 7.6 × 102 CFU/mL), which were consistent with the sensitivity of real-time PCR and 10 times higher than that of PCR with strong specificity, repeatability simplicity, and rapidity for S. iniae originating from Trachinotus ovatus. In summary, real-time MIRA and MIRA-LFD provide effective ways for early diagnosis of S. iniae in aquaculture, especially for units in poor conditions.
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- Yifen Wang
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Aquatic Germplasm of Hainan Province, Sanya Oceanographic Institute, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572025, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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Bai L, Zhang H, Zhou Y, Liang H, Chen S, Pang X, Michael GM, Zhang L, Chen L. Development of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assay for rapid detection of Aeromonas hydrophila. Anal Biochem 2023; 670:115151. [PMID: 37028781 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Aquaculture plays an increasingly important if not critical role in the current and future world food supply. Aeromonas hydrophila, a heterotrophic, Gram-negative, bacterium found in fresh or brackish water in warm climates poses a serious threat to the aquaculture industry in many areas, causing significant economic losses. Rapid, portable detection methods of A. hydrophila are needed for its effective control and mitigation. We have developed a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique to detect PCR (polymerase chain reaction) products that can replace agarose gel electrophoresis, or otherwise provide an alternative to costlier and more complicated real-time, fluorescence-based detection. The SPR method provides sensitivity comparable to gel electrophoresis, while reducing labor, cross-contamination, and test time, and employs simpler instrumentation with lower cost than real-time PCR.
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- Linyi Bai
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, PR China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, 300072, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, PR China
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- Department of Engineering Technology, Division of Engineering Management and Technology, College of Engineering, Drexel University, One Drexel Plaza, 3001 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, PR China.
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Zhou S, Zheng X, Yang Z, Huang Q, Yi J, Su L, Guo B, Xiu Y. Development of Two Recombinase Polymerase Amplification EXO (RPA-EXO) and Lateral Flow Dipstick (RPA-LFD) Techniques for the Rapid Visual Detection of Aeromonas salmonicida. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 24:1094-1109. [PMID: 36192520 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-022-10170-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Aeromonas salmonicida is the pathogen underlying furunculosis, causing a septicemic infection that influences both salmonid and non-salmonid fish. Early diagnosis of these contagions is essential for disease surveillance and prevention, so a rapid and sensitive approach is needed. Herein, a recombinase polymerase amplification EXO (RPA-EXO) assay and RPA with a lateral flow dipstick (RPA-LFD) were produced for testing A. salmonicida. The RPA-EXO and RPA-LFD primer sets were devised based on the conserved fragment sequence of the vapA gene. Then, RPA-EXO and RPA-LFD reaction systems were established, and the reaction temperature and time were optimized. After optimization, the RPA-EXO method was capable of testing A. salmonicida within 10 min, and the RPA-LFD method could detect A. salmonicida in only 5 min. The RPA-EXO and RPA-LFD methods exhibited high specificity with no cross-reaction with other strains. To assess sensitivity, a partial vapA gene was cloned, and serial plasmid dilutions were created ranging from 1 × 106 to 1 × 10-1 copies/μL. The detection limit of RPA-EXO was 1 × 102 copies/μL, and the detection limit of RPA-LFD was 1 copy/μL. For spiked turbot tissue samples, the sensitivity detection of A. salmonicida was 1.2 × 101 CFU/mL and 1.2 CFU/mL by RPA-EXO and RPA-LFD, respectively. In comparative analyses of clinical samples, the diagnostic results of RPA-EXO and RPA-LFD were compared with those of the standard conventional PCR test and showed nearly 100% consistency. Therefore, our RPA-EXO and RPA-LFD assays exhibited excellent specificity and sensitivity, which provided two simple, fast and dependable methods to conduct large-scale field investigations of A. salmonicida in resource-limited settings.
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- Shun Zhou
- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
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Lin Z, Lu J, Wu S, Lin X, Zheng L, Lou Y, Xiao X. A novel detection method for the pathogenic Aeromonas hydrophila expressing aerA gene and/or hlyA gene based on dualplex RAA and CRISPR/Cas12a. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:973996. [PMID: 36274718 PMCID: PMC9585296 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.973996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aeromonas hydrophila is an emerging waterborne and foodborne pathogen with pathogenicity to humans and warm water fishes, which severely threatens human health, food safety and aquaculture. A novel method for the rapid, accurate, and sensitive detection of pathogenic A. hydrophila is still needed to reduce the impact on human health and aquaculture. In this work, we developed a rapid, accurate, sensitive, and visual detection method (dRAA-CRISPR/Cas12a), without elaborate instruments, integrating the dualplex recombinase-assisted amplification (dRAA) assay and CRISPR/Cas12a system to detect pathogenic A. hydrophila expressing aerA and/or hlyA virulence genes. The dRAA-CRISPR/Cas12a method has high sensitivity, which can rapidly detect (about 45 min) A. hydrophila with the limit of detection in 2 copies of genomic DNA per reaction, and has high specificity for three pathogenic A. hydrophila strains (aerA+hlyA−, aerA−hlyA+, and aerA+hlyA+). Moreover, dRAA-CRISPR/Cas12a method shows satisfactory practicability in the analysis of the spiked human blood and stool and fish samples. These results demonstrate that our developed pathogenic A. hydrophila detection method, dRAA-CRISPR/Cas12a, is a promising potential method for the early diagnosis of human A. hydrophila infection and on-site detection of A. hydrophila in food and aquaculture.
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A panoptic review of techniques for finfish disease diagnosis: The status quo and future perspectives. J Microbiol Methods 2022; 196:106477. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2022.106477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Wang Y, Wang Q, Bergmann SM, Li Y, Li B, Lv Y, Yin J, Yang G, Qv Y, Wang Y, Zeng W. Development and comparative evaluation of real-time PCR and real-time RPA assays for detection of tilapia lake virus. Mol Cell Probes 2021; 60:101776. [PMID: 34740779 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2021.101776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) is a newly emerged pathogen responsible for high mortality and economic losses in the global tilapia industry. Early and accurate diagnosis is an important priority for TiLV disease control. In order to evaluate the methodology in the molecular diagnosis of TiLV, we compared newly developed quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and real-time recombinase polymerase amplification (real-time RPA) assays regarding their sensitivities, specificities and detection effect on clinical samples. Real-time RPA amplified the target pathogen in less than 30 min at 39 °C with a detection limit of 620 copies, while qPCR required about 60 min with a detection limit of 62 copies. Both assays were specific for TiLV and there were no cross-reactions observed with other common fish pathogens. The assays were validated using 35 tissue samples from clinically infected and 60 from artificially infected animals. The sensitivities for the real-time RPA and qPCR assays were 93.33 and 100%, respectively, and the specificity was 100% for both. Both methods have their advantages and can play their roles in different situations. The qPCR is more suitable for quantitative analysis and accurate detection of TiLV in a diagnostic laboratory, whereas real-time RPA is more suitable for the diagnosis of clinical diseases and preliminary screening for TiLV infection in poorly equipped laboratories as well as in fish farms.
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- Yahui Wang
- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China; College of Fisheries, Tianjin Agriculture University, Tianjin, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China
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- Institute of Infectology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China; College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China; College of Fisheries, Tianjin Agriculture University, Tianjin, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China
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- College of Fisheries, Tianjin Agriculture University, Tianjin, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China; College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou 510380, Guangdong China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, China.
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