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- Title
Phylogenetic characteristics, virulence properties and antibiogram profile of motile Aeromonas spp. isolated from ornamental guppy (Poecilia reticulata).
- Authors
Hossain, Sabrina; De Silva, B. C. J.; Dahanayake, P. S.; De Zoysa, Mahanama; Heo, Gang-Joon
- Abstract
Aeromonas spp. are opportunistic pathogenic bacteria related to an assembly of infectious diseases in ornamental fish. In the present study, virulence properties and antibiotic susceptibility of 52 guppy-borne Aeromonas spp. were investigated. The isolates were identified as A. veronii (n = 34), A. dhakensis (n = 10), A. hydrophila (n = 3), A. caviae (n = 3) and A. enteropelogenes (n = 2) by gyrB gene sequencing. The gyrB sequence deviation within and among the species ranged from 0 to 2.6% and 2.7–9.2%. Each species formed a distinct group in the unrooted neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree. The phenotypic virulence factors such as β-hemolysis, slime, caseinase, DNase, gelatinase and lipase production were observed in 28 (53.9%), 33 (63.5%), 28 (53.9%), 42 (80.8%), 37 (71.2%) and 42 (80.8%) isolates, respectively. The virulence genes were detected by PCR assay in the following proportions- act (84.6%), hly (80.8%), aer (73.1%), lip (73.1%), gcaT (73.1%), ascV (53.8%), ahyB (53.8%) fla (51.9%), alt (48.1%), ast (36.5%) and ser (34.6%), respectively. The amoxicillin, ampicillin, imipenem, nalidixic acid, oxytetracycline and rifampicin were resistant to more than 70.0% of the isolates in antibiotic susceptibility test. Our study suggests that the ornamental guppy can be a potential reservoir of virulent and multi-drug resistant Aeromonas spp.
- Subjects
GUPPIES; AEROMONAS; ORNAMENTAL fishes; PATHOGENIC bacteria; FISH diseases; AMOXICILLIN
- Publication
Archives of Microbiology, 2020, Vol 202, Issue 3, p501
- ISSN
0302-8933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00203-019-01762-5