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- Title
Establishment of Nested PCR for the Detection of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida and Epidemiological Survey of Larimichthys crocea in the Southeast Coastal Region.
- Authors
Duan, Xinbing; Li, Jiji; Shi, Hui; Tao, Zhen; Wei, Xuelian; Ye, Yingying; Guo, Baoying
- Abstract
Simple Summary: In this paper, a three-round nested PCR assay with high specificity and sensitivity (2.62 copies/reaction), employing the Pseudomonas plecoglossicida sctU gene, was established. The detection system was used to detect large yellow croaker samples in the Zhejiang and Fujian areas. It was found that March and April were the peak times of visceral white nodules disease, which was inversely related to temperature. Using this detection method, early detection of visceral white nodules disease in large yellow croakers could be realized. The visceral white nodules disease in the internal organs of Larimichthys crocea has caused significant harm in the aquaculture of this species, with Pseudomonas plecoglossicida considered one of the core pathogens causing this disease. In this study, we designed three pairs of specific nested PCR primers targeting the sctU gene of P. plecoglossicida, a crucial component of the Type III secretion system (T3SS), which is instrumental in bacterial pathogenesis and virulence. Through the optimization of PCR reaction conditions, specificity testing, and sensitivity determination, a method was established for the accurate detection of P. plecoglossicida. This method yielded single amplification products, exhibited a false positive rate of zero for reference bacteria, and achieved a detection sensitivity of a minimum of 2.62 copies/reaction for the target sequence. Using the detection method, we conducted analyses on the diseased populations of L. crocea, involving a total of 64 screened fishes along the southeast coast of China from 2021 to 2023. The results revealed that the infection rate of P. plecoglossicida in diseased L. crocea exceeded over 90% in March and April, while in other months, the maximum recorded infection rate was merely 10%. The detection method developed in this study shows potential for early warning and routine monitoring of visceral white nodules disease in the internal organs of species such as L. crocea.
- Subjects
FUJIAN Sheng (China); ZHEJIANG Sheng (China); LARIMICHTHYS; NODULAR disease; PSEUDOMONAS; AQUACULTURE
- Publication
Animals (2076-2615), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 10, p1427
- ISSN
2076-2615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ani14101427