养殖刺参溃疡病杀鲑气单胞菌的分离、致病性及胞外产物特性分析

从患溃疡病的养殖刺参(Apostichopus japonicus)病灶处分离出1株优势菌H1,以浸浴、创伤浸浴、体腔注射和体壁肌肉注射等方式进行感染实验,证实菌株H1为养殖刺参溃疡病病原菌,并证明该菌通过体表创伤侵入的方式感染刺参,以创伤浸浴和体壁肌肉注射感染的LD50(半数致死量)分别为2.26×107CFU/尾和1.80×107CFU/尾。经形态学观察、生理生化特性分析和mini API系统鉴定,确定菌株H1为杀鲑气单胞菌杀日本鲑亚种(Aeromonas salmonicida ma-soucida)。提取菌株H1的胞外产物(ECP)进行致病性实验,结果表明ECP可导致刺参死亡,其对刺参的LD50为5.24μg蛋白/g体质量。H1-ECP具有酪蛋白酶、明胶蛋白酶、几丁质酶和淀粉酶活性,并具有溶血素活性;对底物偶氮酪蛋白(Azocasin)作用的酶比活力可达到674.5活力单位/mg蛋白,最适作用温度为50℃;对热不稳定,70℃作用30 min时,酪蛋白酶活性降到0;100℃作用30 min,ECP对刺参的毒性消失;ECP酶活可被10 mmol/L EDTA完全抑制,可被5 mmol/L PMSF抑制98.8%,Ca2 和Mg2 可使酶活性分别提高约9%和4%。结论认为,该病原菌通过体表创伤侵入方式感染宿主刺参,菌株H1胞外产物是其对刺参致病的因子之一。     

Antibody-coated gold nanoparticles immunoassay for direct detection of Aeromonas salmonicida in fish tissues

Aeromonas salmonicida is the causative agent of furunculosis, a disease that affects both salmonid and non‐salmonid fish. Detection of A. salmonicida can be labour intensive and time consuming because of the difficulties in distinguishing the bacterium from other species given the wide variety of existing biochemical profiles and the slow growth characteristics which allow other organisms to overgrow the A. salmonicida. Herein, we report the development of a specific immunoassay using gold‐conjugated polyclonal antibodies for the rapid detection of A. salmonicida in fish tissues. Monodispersible 13‐nm gold nanoparticles were coated with polyclonal antibodies specific to A. salmonicida. Reddish purple agglutination of gold particles indicated the presence of A. salmonicida in samples. Positive reactions were detected visually with the naked eye. No agglutination was observed when A. salmonicida antibody‐coated gold nanoparticles were tested with other common bacterial fish pathogens, thereby verifying the specificity of the assay. The assay could detect A. salmonicida in fish tissues down to 1 × 10⁴ CFU mL^?1, and results were obtained within 45 min. The antibody‐coated gold nanoparticles were stable for at least 2 months at 4°C. The immunoassay using antibody‐coated gold nanoparticles represents a promising tool for the rapid and specific detection of A. salmonicida in fish tissues.     

Efficacy of furunculosis vaccines in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.): evaluation of immersion, oral and injection delivery

The commercial furunculosis vaccine Aquavac Furovac 5 and an autogenous vaccine, based on the challenge strain, induced immune protection in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.), as shown in challenge tests 120 days post-immunization by injection (relative percentage of survival, RPS = 72-99%). This protective effect lasted for at least 6 months post-immunization at appreciable levels (RPS = 50-52%). Neither the autogenous vaccine nor the commercial vaccine was able to induce significant levels of protection against Aeromonas salmonicida in turbot when administered by immersion. Antibody levels were high or moderate in fish vaccinated by injection with the different vaccines and very low in fish vaccinated by immersion. The field results show that delivering an oral boost after the primary vaccination by injection did not enhance protection of turbot against furunculosis and that water-based (autogenous vaccine) and oil adjuvanted (Alpha Ject 1200) vaccines administered by injection conferred similar levels of protection (RPS > 80%) in turbot.     

Characterization of the goldfish fecal microflora by the fluorescent in situ hybridization method

ABSTRACT:   Bacterial populations in goldfish feces were characterized by the fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) method. A total of nine different group-specific rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes were used. Approximately half of the microbial cells (57.8 ± 16.7%) were detected with a probe EUB338 and found to be bacteria. The microbial cells in 33–35 of the 35 samples from five specimens strongly hybridized with probes ALF1b, BET42a and GAM42a, suggesting that goldfish intestinal bacteria are mainly composed of α, β and γ-subclasses of Proteobacteria. The fact that a probe AER66 reacted with 25.6 ± 14.2% of the total microbial cells in all 35 samples, demonstrated that genus Aeromonas was the dominant species in the goldfish intestines. Genus Bacteroides including Bacteroides type A detected with a probe BAC303 was observed in 15 of 35 samples while other taxonomic groups determined with HGC69a, CF39a and P72 were detected in 6–11 of 35 samples. These results strongly suggest that Bacteroides shows the greatest daily fluctuation and interindividual variation in the intestines of goldfish. Moreover, the FISH method was proven to be useful for rapid enumeration of taxonomic groups of fish intestinal bacteria.     

鲤鱼细菌性败血症的病理学研究

报道了由嗜水气单胞菌嗜水亚种 (Aeromonashydrophilasubsp .hydrophila)感染鲤鱼引起细菌性败血症的病理学变化 ,通过对自然感染和人工感染病例的病理学观察 ,病理变化主要表现为鱼体多处出血 ,特别是体表的出血最为明显 ,上下颌、眼睛、鳃盖、鳍基充血发红 ,皮肤有瘀斑瘀点 ,并发生糜烂、溃疡 ;腹水 ,肛门红肿外突 ;心、肝、肾、肠等内脏器官充血、出血、肿大、变性、坏死、发炎以及红细胞发生溶血等 ,表现出细菌性败血症的病理特征 ,并在病理变化观察的基础上探讨了该病发生的机理。     

蛙嗜水气单胞菌的分离鉴定

从丰城某养殖场发病蛙苗中分离出两株细菌 ,经人工感染试验 ,对健康鲫鱼、小白鼠产生同蛙苗相一致的病症。经细菌形态特征、培养特性及生理生化特性等试验 ,鉴定为嗜水气单胞菌 (Aeromonashydrophila ,AH)。药敏试验表明 ,两株细菌对痢特灵、多粘菌素、阿米卡星、头孢唑啉敏感     

中华鳖对嗜水气单胞菌粗脂多糖(LPS)的免疫应答

将采用温酚法从嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)、柱状嗜纤维菌(Cytophaga columnaris)和叉尾鮰爱德华菌(Edwardsiella ictaluri)中提取的粗脂多糖(crude lipopolysaccharide,LPS)作为免疫原,注射接种中华鳖(Pelodiscus sinensis)后,通过测定受免鳖的交叉凝集抗体效价、肾脏和血液中吞噬细胞的吞噬活性和对A.hydrophila活菌细胞内杀菌活性,比较了3种致病菌的粗LPS对中华鳖的免疫原性。试验结果表明,从3种致病菌中提取的粗LPS对中华鳖均具有较强的免疫原性,受免鳖的血清中存在对3种致病菌的交叉凝集抗体,与对照鳖相比,肾脏和血液中吞噬细胞对吞噬原的吞噬活性和对A.hydrophila活菌杀菌活性明显上升。说明在3种供试菌的粗LPS上不同程度地存在3种致病菌的共同保护性抗原。     

高活性干酵母对中华鳖非特异性免疫功能和抗病力的影响

报道了高活性干酵母对中华鳖(Pelodiscus sinensis)幼鳖非特异性免疫功能和抗病力影响的研究结果。试验共设6个组，在各组饵料中高活性干酵母的添加量依次为每千克体重0mg(对照组)、600．0mg(试验Ⅰ组)、800．0nag(试验Ⅱ组)、1000．0mg(试验Ⅲ组)、1200．0mg(试验Ⅳ组)和1400．0mg(试验Ⅴ组)。投喂30d后，从每组中各取10只中华鳖幼鳖采血，测定了中华鳖幼鳖血液中自细胞的吞噬活性、血清中溶菌酶和补体活性；另从每组分别取30只中华鳖幼鳖用注射嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)的方法行人工感染，检测其抗病力。研究结果表明，各试验组中华鳖幼鳖血液中自细胞的吞噬活性均显著高于对照组。第Ⅰ和第Ⅱ组中华鳖幼鳖血清中溶菌酶活性与对照组之间没有显著性差异，而试验Ⅲ、Ⅳ组和Ⅴ组中华鳖幼鳖血清中溶菌酶活性均显著高于对照组。第Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ和第Ⅴ组中华鳖幼鳖血清中补体活性与对照组之间存在显著差异，而第1组与对照组之间无显著性差异。投喂高活性干酵母能增强中华鳖幼鳖对人工感染A.hydrvphila活菌的抵抗力。研究结果证明在中华鳖幼鳖饵料中添加高活性干酵母的量以每千克体重1200．0mg左右为宜。     

嗜水气单胞菌灭活苗的研制

选取具有HEC毒素的致病性菌株AH3，按照最佳培养条件制成AH3灭活全菌苗。免疫接种小鼠和鲫鱼，小鼠获得完全免疫，鲫鱼注射免疫组保护率为75％，浸泡免疫组保护率为33％，对照组保护率为0％。     

鳜致病性嗜水气单胞菌GYK1株的鉴定、毒力及溶血性

从患溃疡病的鳜肾脏中分离出一株病原细菌编号为GYK1。此株病菌人工感染鳜、银鲫、剑尾鱼,实验鱼出现出血、肌肉坏死或溃疡症状;腹腔注射攻毒,对鳜、银鲫、剑尾鱼、小鼠的半致死剂量(LD50)分别为8.33×104、1.06×105、1.26×105、1.05×106CFU/g;菌培养液上清能溶解鳜、加洲鲈、银鲫、小鼠、兔、绵羊、人O型血等的红细胞,在绵羊血平板上为β 溶血,不同代次和保存条件的细菌溶血性稳定。细菌在电镜下的形态、生化特性和ID32E系统自动鉴定的结果均符合嗜水气单胞菌的特征;PCR扩增检测到嗜水气单胞菌特异性的毒力基因气溶素基因(aerA)209bp片段,进一步说明此株病原细菌为含有毒力基因的嗜水气单胞菌。实验结果表明,GYK1是一株毒力和溶血性均较强的嗜水气单胞菌。