1
|
Bispo dos Santos S, Fernandez Alarcon M, Ballaben AS, Harakava R, Galetti R, Guimarães MC, Natori MM, Takahashi LS, Ildefonso R, Rozas-Serri M. First Report of Aeromonas veronii as an Emerging Bacterial Pathogen of Farmed Nile Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus) in Brazil. Pathogens 2023; 12:1020. [PMID: 37623980 PMCID: PMC10459805 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12081020] [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: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Brazil is one of the world's leading producers of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. However, the industry faces a major challenge in terms of infectious diseases, as at least five new pathogens have been formally described in the last five years. Aeromonas species are Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria that are often described as fish pathogens causing Motile Aeromonas Septicemia (MAS). In late December 2022, an epidemic outbreak was reported in farmed Nile tilapia in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, characterized by clinical signs and gross pathology suggestive of MAS. The objective of this study was to isolate, identify, and characterize in vitro and in vivo the causative agent of this epidemic outbreak. The bacterial isolates were identified as Aeromonas veronii based on the homology of 16S rRNA (99.9%), gyrB (98.9%), and the rpoB gene (99.1%). A. veronii showed susceptibility only to florfenicol, while it was resistant to the other three antimicrobials tested, oxytetracycline, enrofloxacin, and amoxicillin. The lowest florfenicol concentration capable of inhibiting bacterial growth was ≤0.5 µg/mL. The phenotypic resistance of the A. veronii isolate observed for quinolones and tetracycline was genetically confirmed by the presence of the qnrS2 (colE plasmid) and tetA antibiotic-resistant genes, respectively. A. veronii isolate was highly pathogenic in juvenile Nile tilapia tested in vivo, showing a mortality rate ranging from 3 to 100% in the lowest (1.2 × 104) and highest (1.2 × 108) bacterial dose groups, respectively. To our knowledge, this study would constitute the first report of highly pathogenic and multidrug-resistant A. veronii associated with outbreaks and high mortality rates in tilapia farmed in commercial net cages in Brazil.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sandie Bispo dos Santos
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
| | - Miguel Fernandez Alarcon
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
| | - Anelise Stella Ballaben
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo 14040-020, Brazil;
| | | | - Renata Galetti
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
| | - Mateus Cardoso Guimarães
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
| | - Mariene Miyoko Natori
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
| | - Leonardo Susumu Takahashi
- Departamento de Produção Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Dracena, São Paulo 17900-000, Brazil;
| | - Ricardo Ildefonso
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
- Pathovet Labs, Puerto Montt 5550000, Chile
| | - Marco Rozas-Serri
- Pathovet Labs, Ribeirão Preto 14025-020, Brazil; (S.B.d.S.); (M.F.A.); (R.G.); (M.C.G.); (M.M.N.); (R.I.)
- Pathovet Labs, Puerto Montt 5550000, Chile
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Rosado D, Canada P, Marques Silva S, Ribeiro N, Diniz P, Xavier R. Disruption of the skin, gill, and gut mucosae microbiome of gilthead seabream fingerlings after bacterial infection and antibiotic treatment. FEMS MICROBES 2023; 4:xtad011. [PMID: 37389204 PMCID: PMC10306326 DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtad011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The activity of the microbiome of fish mucosae provides functions related to immune response, digestion, or metabolism. Several biotic and abiotic factors help maintaining microbial homeostasis, with disruptions leading to dysbiosis. Diseases and antibiotic administration are known to cause dysbiosis in farmed fish. Pathogen infections greatly affect the production of gilthead seabream, and antibiotic treatment is still frequently required. Here, we employed a 16S rRNA high-throughput metataxonomics approach to characterize changes in the gut, skin, and gill microbiomes occurring due to infection with Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida and subsequent antibiotic treatment with oxytetracycline (OTC), as well as during recovery. Although microbiota response differed between studied tissues, overall changes in composition, diversity, structure, and predicted function were observed in all mucosae. The skin and gill microbiomes of diseased fish became largely dominated by taxa that have been frequently linked to secondary infections, whereas in the gut the genus Vibrio, known to include pathogenic bacteria, increased with OTC treatment. The study highlights the negative impacts of disease and antibiotic treatment on the microbiome of farmed fish. Our results also suggest that fish transportation operations may have profound effects on the fish microbiome, but further studies are needed to accurately evaluate their impact.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Daniela Rosado
- S2AQUA – Collaborative Laboratory, Association for a Sustainable and Smart Aquaculture, Avenida Parque Natural da Ria Formosa s/n, 8700-194 Olhão, Portugal
| | - Paula Canada
- Corresponding author. Paula Canada, CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões. Av. General Norton de Matos, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal, CMC; Centro de Maricultura da Calheta, Direcção Regional do Mar, Av. D. Manuel I, nº 7, 9370-135 Calheta, Madeira, Portugal
| | - Sofia Marques Silva
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, R. Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
| | - Nuno Ribeiro
- MVAQUA – Serviços Médico Veterinários dedicados a Aquacultura, Av. do Parque de Campismo Lote 24, Fração C, 3840-264 Gafanha da Boa Hora, Portugal
| | - Pedro Diniz
- Marismar – Aquicultura Marinha, Lda, Rua do Cabrestante 28, 9000-105 Funchal, Portugal
| | - Raquel Xavier
- Raquel Xavier, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, R. Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Huyben D, Jarau M, MacInnes J, Stevenson R, Lumsden J. Impact of Infection with Flavobacterium psychrophilum and Antimicrobial Treatment on the Intestinal Microbiota of Rainbow Trout. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12030454. [PMID: 36986376 PMCID: PMC10055933 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12030454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The diversity and composition of intestinal microbiota in rainbow trout have been studied using next-generation sequencing (NGS), although few studies have examined the effects of antimicrobials. We evaluated the effect of antibiotics florfenicol and erythromycin and infection with or without Flavobacterium psychrophilum on the intestinal microbiota in rainbow trout juveniles (30–40 g) using NGS. Prophylactic oral antibiotic treatments were administered for 10 days before groups of fish were injected intraperitoneally with virulent F. psychrophilum. Intestinal content (allochthonous bacteria) was collected at day −11, 0, 12, and 24 p.i., and the v3–v4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was sequenced using Illumina MiSeq. Before prophylactic treatment, Tenericutes and Proteobacteria were the most abundant phyla identified and Mycoplasma was the most abundant genus. Fish infected with F. psychrophilum had decreased alpha diversity and a high abundance of Mycoplasma. Fish administered florfenicol had increased alpha diversity compared to the control at day 24 p.i., although both florfenicol and erythromycin-treated fish had a higher abundance of potential pathogens, specifically Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, and Acinetobacter. Mycoplasma disappeared after treatment but appeared again after day 24. This study demonstrates that prophylactic oral treatment with antibiotics florfenicol and erythromycin as well as F. psychrophilum infection changed the composition of intestinal microbiota in rainbow trout juveniles that did not recover by day 24 p.i. and further long-term effects on the host need to be investigated.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- David Huyben
- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
| | - Maureen Jarau
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
| | - Janet MacInnes
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
| | - Roselynn Stevenson
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
| | - John Lumsden
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Correspondence:
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Du J, Liu Q, Liu J, Zhang K, Huang W. Structural and functional comparisons of the environmental microbiota of pond and tank environments at different locations for the commercial aquaculture of American shad. Lett Appl Microbiol 2022; 75:51-60. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.13709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jia Du
- Hongze Fishseeds Bio‐technology, Ltd. Huaian 223125 China
- Suzhou Fishseeds Bio‐technology, Ltd. Suzhou 215138 China
- Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering College of Materials and Environmental Engineering Hangzhou Dianzi University Hangzhou 310018 China
- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering of Soochow University Suzhou 215006 China
| | - Qinghua Liu
- Hongze Fishseeds Bio‐technology, Ltd. Huaian 223125 China
- Suzhou Fishseeds Bio‐technology, Ltd. Suzhou 215138 China
| | - Jinsong Liu
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Forewarning and Quality Control Zhejiang Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center Hangzhou 310012 China
| | - Ke‐Qin Zhang
- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering of Soochow University Suzhou 215006 China
| | - Wenfei Huang
- Eco‐Environmental Science & Research Institute of Zhejiang Province Hangzhou 310007 China
| |
Collapse
|