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- Title
Characterization of a Vibriophage Infecting Pathogenic Vibrio harveyi.
- Authors
Li, Yingying; Yun, Huayi; Chen, Ruo; Jiao, Nianzhi; Zheng, Qiang; Yang, Yunlan; Zhang, Rui
- Abstract
Bacterial diseases caused by Vibrio spp. are prevalent in aquaculture and can lead to high mortality rates among aquatic species and significant economic losses. With the increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant Vibrio strains, phage therapy is being explored as a potential alternative to antibiotics for biocontrol of infectious diseases. Here, a new lytic phage named vB_VhaS_R21Y (R21Y) was isolated against Vibrio harveyi BVH1 obtained from seawater from a scallop-farming area in Rongcheng, China. Its morphology, infection cycle, lytic profile, phage stability, and genetic features were characterized. Transmission electronic microscopy indicated that R21Y is siphovirus-like, comprising an icosahedral head (diameter 73.31 ± 2.09 nm) and long noncontractile tail (205.55 ± 0.75 nm). In a one-step growth experiment, R21Y had a 40-min latent period and a burst size of 35 phage particles per infected cell. R21Y was highly species-specific in the host range test and was relatively stable at pH 4–10 and 4–55 °C. Genomic analysis showed that R21Y is a double-stranded DNA virus with a genome size of 82,795 bp and GC content of 47.48%. Its high tolerance and lytic activity indicated that R21Y may be a candidate for phage therapy in controlling vibriosis in aquacultural systems.
- Subjects
GENOMICS; DNA viruses; BACTERIAL diseases; GENOME size; VIBRIO harveyi; VIBRIO alginolyticus; BIOLOGICAL weed control; COMMUNICABLE diseases
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 22, p16202
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms242216202