Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
J Fish Dis. 2023 Aug;46(8):829-839. doi: 10.1111/jfd.13792. Epub 2023 Apr 24.
Lactococcosis, caused by members of the genus Lactococcus, represents a devastating disease inducing mass mortalities and economic losses in many fish species worldwide. The present work aimed to compare the whole genome sequences of three different serotypes of Lactococcus garvieae isolated from diseased cultured striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex) in Ehime prefecture, Japan. The three serotypes showed different virulence in the challenge test using Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata). The genome sequencing revealed that two of the strains (serotype I and serotype III) were identified as L. garvieae, while the third strain (serotype II) was identified as L. formosensis. The chromosome sizes of the three serotypes ranged from 1.9 to 2.0 Mb; the GC content ranges were 38.2 to 38.9%; and the numbers of predicted protein-coding sequences (CDSs) were from 1922 to 1959. Only the serotype II harbours two plasmids, sizes of around 14 kb and 9 kb. The detected virulence factors varied among the different serotypes with some shared factors like adherence, anti-phagocytosis, secretion system, toxin (haemolysin), serum resistance, antimicrobial resistance and others. The genomes also contained factors responsible for resistance to toxic compounds. The genome of the serotype III tended to encode more prophage regions than the other serotypes.
乳球菌病是由乳球菌属成员引起的,它在世界范围内的许多鱼类物种中导致大规模死亡和经济损失,是一种毁灭性疾病。本研究旨在比较从日本爱媛县患病养殖条纹鲈(Pseudocaranx dentex)中分离出的三种不同血清型的乳球菌副溶血弧菌的全基因组序列。这三种血清型在使用日本真鲷(Seriola quinqueradiata)进行的攻毒试验中表现出不同的毒力。基因组测序表明,其中两个菌株(血清型 I 和血清型 III)被鉴定为乳球菌副溶血弧菌,而第三个菌株(血清型 II)被鉴定为福氏乳球菌。三种血清型的染色体大小范围为 1.9 至 2.0 Mb;GC 含量范围为 38.2 至 38.9%;预测的蛋白编码序列(CDS)数量为 1922 至 1959 个。只有血清型 II 携带两个质粒,大小约为 14 kb 和 9 kb。不同血清型之间的检测到的毒力因子有所不同,有些因子是共同的,如黏附、抗吞噬、分泌系统、毒素(溶血素)、血清抗性、抗菌抗性等。基因组还包含对有毒化合物的抗性因子。血清型 III 的基因组倾向于编码比其他血清型更多的噬菌体区域。