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- Title
Bacterial networks in Atlantic salmon with Piscirickettsiosis.
- Authors
Coca, Yoandy; Godoy, Marcos; Pontigo, Juan Pablo; Caro, Diego; Maracaja-Coutinho, Vinicius; Arias-Carrasco, Raúl; Rodríguez-Córdova, Leonardo; de Oca, Marco Montes; Sáez-Navarrete, César; Burbulis, Ian
- Abstract
An unbalanced composition of gut microbiota in fish is hypothesized to play a role in promoting bacterial infections, but the synergistic or antagonistic interactions between bacterial groups in relation to fish health are not well understood. We report that pathogenic species in the Piscirickettsia, Aeromonas, Renibacterium and Tenacibaculum genera were all detected in the digesta and gut mucosa of healthy Atlantic salmon without clinical signs of disease. Although Piscirickettsia salmonis (and other pathogens) occurred in greater frequencies of fish with clinical Salmonid Rickettsial Septicemia (SRS), the relative abundance was about the same as that observed in healthy fish. Remarkably, the SRS-positive fish presented with a generalized mid-gut dysbiosis and positive growth associations between Piscirickettsiaceae and members of other taxonomic families containing known pathogens. The reconstruction of metabolic phenotypes based on the bacterial networks detected in the gut and mucosa indicated the synthesis of Gram-negative virulence factors such as colanic acid and O-antigen were over-represented in SRS positive fish. This evidence indicates that cooperative interactions between organisms of different taxonomic families within localized bacterial networks might promote an opportunity for P. salmonis to cause clinical SRS in the farm environment.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL diseases; GUT microbiome; GRAM-negative bacteria; SYMPTOMS; SALMON farming; SEPSIS; ATLANTIC salmon
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-023-43345-x