Nocardiosis in large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea (Richardson) |
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Authors: | Wang G-L Yuan S-P Jin S |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Life-Science and Bio-Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China. wanggl@nbip.net.cn |
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Abstract: | An epizootic in seawater-cage reared large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea, in China was caused by a Nocardia sp. from August to October 2003. The cumulative mortality rate was 15% and the diseased fish were 16 months old with individual length varying from 25 to 30 cm. Multiple, white nodules, 0.1-0.2 cm in diameter, were scattered on the heart, spleen and kidney. The morphology of isolated bacteria from Lowenstein-Jensen medium and tryptic soy agar was bead-like or long, slender, filamentous rods. Experimental infection indicated that the isolated bacterium was the pathogen responsible for the mortalities. A partial sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of the organism and the type strain of Nocardia seriolae JCM 3360T (Z36925) formed a monophyletic clade with a high sequence similarity of 99.9%. Based on the morphological, physiological, biological properties and the phylogenetic analysis, the pathogenic organism was identified as N. seriolae. This is the first report on N. seriolae-infected large yellow croaker in aquaculture. |
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Keywords: | characterization China Nocardia pathogenicity 16S rRNA yellow croaker |
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