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Vibrio harveyi as a causative agent of mass mortalities of megalopa in the seed production of swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus
Authors:Xiao-Jun Zhang  Xue-Song Bai  Bin-Lun Yan  Ke-Ran Bi  Lei Qin
Institution:1. College of Ocean, Jiangsu Marine Resources Development Research Institute, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, People’s Republic of China
Abstract:Outbreaks of mass mortalities among cultured megalopa of swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) occurred in a commercial hatchery during the spring of 2012 in Jiangsu province, P. R. China. Dominant bacteria were isolated and characterized by biochemical reactions, enzyme production, and sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA, gyrB (DNA gyrase B subunit) genes, and two strains (DY1 and DY2) were selected as representative strains for virulence tests by immersion. The results showed that the characteristics of identified strains consist with Vibrio harveyi; the 16S rRNA and gyrB genes of the tested strains exhibited high similarity with V. harveyi; and the phylogenetic trees constructed using the neighbor-joining method based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes. Two strains (DY1 and DY2) clustered with the V. harveyi and were supported by a higher bootstrap value, and two strains (DY1 and DY2) were found lethal to the healthy megalopa and juvenile crab. LD 50 of DY1 and DY2 to megalopa and juvenile crab were 2.4 × 106, 3.0 × 106, 1.9 × 106 and 2.5 × 106 CFU/ml, respectively. The results confirmed that the diseased megalopa were infected by V. harveyi. In addition, we analyzed the tested strains (DY1 and DY2) by PCR for the presence of virulence genes that were known in V. harveyi, and the results showed that five virulence genes (luxR, toxR, vhhA, vhhB and pap6) were detected by a specific PCR assay, further supporting the assignment of isolates to V. harveyi and its pathogenicity. To our knowledge, this is the first report of V. harveyi as pathogenic bacteria of megalopa of swimming crab.
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