Isolation, identification and character analysis of Streptococcus dysgalactiae from Megalobrama terminalis

Pure bacterial cultures were isolated from different tissues of moribund Megalobrama terminalis from a high mortality event that occurred at a farm in Foshan, China. Two isolates (F2 and F3) were identified as Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae based on morphological and biochemical dete...

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Published in:Journal of fish diseases 2020-02, Vol.43 (2), p.239-252
Main Authors: Zhao, Fei, He, Shan, Tan, Ai‐ping, Guo, Xue‐zhong, Jiang, Lan, Liu‐Fu, Cui, Deng, Yu‐ting, Zhang, Rui‐quan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acid resistance
Amikacin
Ampicillin
Antibiotics
Danio rerio
Fish
Florfenicol
Freshwater
Freshwater fish
Freshwater fishes
growth characteristics
Growth conditions
Heart
infection
Inland water environment
Marine fishes
Megalobrama terminalis
Mortality
Nalidixic acid
Neomycin
Oreochromis niloticus
Pathogenicity
Pathogens
Streptococcus dysgalactiae
Streptomycin
Sulfamethoxazole
Tilapia
Trimethoprim
Water temperature
Zebrafish
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Summary:Pure bacterial cultures were isolated from different tissues of moribund Megalobrama terminalis from a high mortality event that occurred at a farm in Foshan, China. Two isolates (F2 and F3) were identified as Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae based on morphological and biochemical detection as well as molecular analysis. In brain heart infusion broth, the best growth conditions of isolate F3 were 35ºC, salinity 5‰ and pH 7. Furthermore, infection with isolate F3 (1.2 × 106 CFU/fish) led to the death of M. terminalis and zebrafish (Danio rerio). However, isolate F3 had no obvious pathogenicity to tilapia (GIFT, Oreochromis niloticus). When the water temperature was 29ºC, the corresponding mortality rates for zebrafish infected by isolate F3 were higher than those at 23ºC. Culture for 24 and 72 hr with isolate F3 resulted in the same mortality rates for zebrafish. The antimicrobial susceptibility assay revealed that isolate F3 was susceptible to ampicillin, florfenicol and several other antibiotics but resistant to nalidixic acid, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, neomycin and amikacin. To our knowledge, this is the first report that S. dysgalactiae infected the subtropical freshwater fish M. terminalis, which indicates that this bacterium is a potential threat to subtropical freshwater fish.
ISSN:0140-7775
1365-2761
DOI:10.1111/jfd.13119