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Front Microbiol ; 9: 227, 2018.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29515533

ABSTRACT

The Brown Ring Disease (BRD) caused high mortality rates since 1986 in the Manila clam Venerupis philippinarum introduced and cultured in Western Europe from the 1970s. The causative agent of BRD is a Gram-Negative bacterium, Vibrio tapetis, which is also pathogenic to fish. Here we report the first assembly of the complete genome of V. tapetis CECT4600T, together with the genome sequences of 16 additional strains isolated across a broad host and geographic range. Our extensive genome dataset allowed us to describe the pathogen pan- and core genomes and to identify putative virulence factors. The V. tapetis core genome consists of 3,352 genes, including multiple potential virulence factors represented by haemolysins, transcriptional regulators, Type I restriction modification system, GGDEF domain proteins, several conjugative plasmids, and a Type IV secretion system. Future research on the coevolutionary arms race between V. tapetis virulence factors and host resistance mechanisms will improve our understanding of how pathogenicity develops in this emerging pathogen.

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Appl Environ Microbiol ; 71(7): 3389-98, 2005 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16000740

ABSTRACT

The ability of Erwinia chrysanthemi to cope with environments of elevated osmolality is due in part to the transport and accumulation of osmoprotectants. In this study we have identified a high-affinity glycine betaine and choline transport system in E. chrysanthemi. By using a pool of Tn5-B21 ousA mutants, we isolated a mutant that could grow in the presence of a toxic analogue of glycine betaine (benzyl-glycine betaine) at high osmolalities. This mutant was impaired in its ability to transport all effective osmoprotectants in E. chrysanthemi. The DNA sequence of the regions flanking the transposon insertion site revealed three chromosomal genes (ousVWX) that encode components of an ABC-type transporter (OusB): OusV (ATPase), OusW (permease), and OusX (periplasmic binding protein). The OusB components showed a significant degree of sequence identity to components of ProU from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Escherichia coli. OusB was found to restore the uptake of glycine betaine and choline through functional complementation of an E. coli mutant defective in both ProU and ProP osmoprotectant uptake systems. Competition experiments demonstrated that choline, dimethylsulfoniacetate, dimethylsulfoniopropionate, and ectoine were effective competitors for OusB-mediated betaine transport but that carnitine, pipecolate, and proline were not effective. In addition, the analysis of single and double mutants showed that OusA and OusB were the only osmoprotectant transporters operating in E. chrysanthemi.


Subject(s)
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Betaine/metabolism , Choline/metabolism , Dickeya chrysanthemi/physiology , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial , ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , DNA Transposable Elements , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Dickeya chrysanthemi/genetics , Dickeya chrysanthemi/metabolism , Genetic Complementation Test , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutagenesis, Insertional , Osmolar Concentration , Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 14(9): 2061-5, 2004 May 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15080979

ABSTRACT

Glycine betaine (GB) analogues were obtained using solid phase organic synthesis and assayed for their toxic activity against 15 Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. Four benzyl derivatives of GB were selected to determine their effect on bacterial growth. Bacteriostatic and lethal effects were observed for compound 1 and compound 2, respectively. The importation of the two GB analogues into bacterial cells appeared strictly dependent on the presence of the powerful betaine membrane osmoporters; their capacity to be amassed intracellularly at molar levels from extremely dilute solutions might constitute a basis to design a new class of antimicrobial agents.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Betaine/pharmacology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry , Betaine/chemistry , Biological Transport , Gram-Negative Bacteria/drug effects , Gram-Negative Bacteria/growth & development , Gram-Positive Bacteria/drug effects , Gram-Positive Bacteria/growth & development , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Osmosis
4.
Fish Shellfish Immunol ; 15(3): 225-40, 2003 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12892744

ABSTRACT

A flow cytometric method to measure the production of oxidative metabolism products was adapted for use with Crassostrea gigas hemocytes. The method is based upon the oxidation, by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), of intracellular 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin (DCFH) to green-fluorescent dichlorofluorescein. Activation of the respiratory burst (RB) was tested using phorbol myristate acetate with no success. By contrast, activation by zymosan particles increased oxidation of DCFH in C. gigas hemocytes, mainly granulocytes, and optimization tests showed a good response with 20 zymosan particles per hemocyte. Anti-aggregant solution, used to prevent hemocytes from clumping during bleeding, inhibited the RB activity measured by DCFH oxidation. The flow cytometric method developed during this work was used to evaluate the DCFH oxidation-inhibiting capacity of four strains of vibrio bacteria, known or suspected to be pathogenic for bivalves.


Subject(s)
Hemocytes/metabolism , Ostreidae/cytology , Vibrio/pathogenicity , Animals , Flow Cytometry , Fluoresceins/metabolism , Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism , Ostreidae/metabolism
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J Exp Biol ; 206(Pt 17): 3053-64, 2003 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12878673

ABSTRACT

The impact of diets upon the fatty acid composition of haemocyte polar lipids and consequently upon immune parameters has been tested in the oyster Crassostrea gigas and the clam Ruditapes philippinarum. Oysters and clams were fed each of three cultured algae: Chaetoceros calcitrans, which is rich in 20:5(n-3) and 20:4(n-6) and poor in 22:6(n-3) fatty acids; T-Iso (Isochrysis sp.), which is rich in 22:6(n-3) and deficient in 20:5(n-3) and 20:4(n-6); and Tetraselmis suecica, which is deficient in 22:6(n-3) and contains only small amounts of 20:5(n-3) and 20:4(n-6). Fatty acid composition of haemocyte polar lipids was greatly affected by the diet. Oysters and clams fed C. calcitrans maintained a higher proportion of 20:5(n-3) and 20:4(n-6) in their haemocyte polar lipids, while these polyunsaturated fatty acids decreased drastically for animals fed T-Iso. However, the T-Iso diet maintained 22:6(n-3) in haemocyte polar lipids of both species. Higher 20:5(n-3) and 20:4(n-6) contents in diets appeared to have a positive effect upon total haemocyte count, granulocyte percentage, phagocytic rate and oxidative activity of clam haemocytes. Similarly, a positive effect of 20:5(n-3) on oxidative activity of oyster haemocytes was observed but to a lesser extent than in clams. Interestingly, when oyster haemocytes are submitted to a stressful condition, a positive effect of a higher dietary 22:6(n-3) content on the phagocytic rate was noticed.


Subject(s)
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Bivalvia/immunology , Energy Metabolism/physiology , Hemocytes/chemistry , Ostreidae/immunology , Analysis of Variance , Animals , Bivalvia/physiology , Eukaryota , Fatty Acids/metabolism , Flow Cytometry , Ostreidae/physiology , Phagocytosis/immunology
6.
Dis Aquat Organ ; 53(1): 25-31, 2003 Jan 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12608565

ABSTRACT

Two vibrio bacteria pathogenic to the corkwing wrasse Symphodus melops were isolated. Vibriosis-inducing strain LP1 was isolated as the dominanting bacterium in kidney samples of dead and moribund wrasse from a population suffering vibriosis and high daily mortality in 1998 on the Norwegian west coast. The other vibriosis-inducing strain, LP2, was isolated from wrasse captured the following year. Re-infection experiments have confirmed that these strains cause vibriosis in corkwing wrasse. Both strains were typical vibrios sharing the traits of fermentative Gram-negative curved rods with motility and a positive oxidase reaction. Detailed biochemical and genetic characterisation revealed a close affiliation to known species of the marine environment. The first isolate, LP1, is a form of the ubiquitous seawater organism Vibrio splendidus, while the second isolate, LP2, is closely related to V. tapetis (previously only known as the brown ring disease agent in clams). Identification of the new wrasse pathogens V. splendidus LP1 and V. tapetis LP2 is facilitated by break points observed in this study.


Subject(s)
DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , Fish Diseases/microbiology , Perciformes , Vibrio Infections/veterinary , Vibrio/isolation & purification , Animals , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Base Sequence , DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry , Gene Amplification , Kidney/microbiology , Microbial Sensitivity Tests/veterinary , Molecular Sequence Data , Phenotype , Phylogeny , Vibrio/classification , Vibrio/genetics , Vibrio Infections/microbiology
7.
Dis Aquat Organ ; 57(1-2): 109-16, 2003 Dec 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14735928

ABSTRACT

Vibrio tapetis is the causative agent of brown ring disease (BRD), which affects a species of clam, Ruditapes philippinarum. After incubation with V. tapetis, hemocytes lose filopods and become rounded, indicating cytotoxic activity of the bacterium. To rapidly quantify this cytotoxicity, a flow-cytometry test was developed based on the capacity of V. tapetis to inhibit adhesion of clam hemocytes to plastic. Several bacteria:hemocyte ratios, the cytotoxicity of other Vibrio spp. pathogenic to bivalves, and that of various V. tapetis isolates were tested. Inhibition of adherence is detectable with as few as 5 bacteria per hemocyte. The greater cytotoxic activity of V. tapetis compared to that of V. splendidus and V. pectenicida suggests a specific pathogenicity of V. tapetis to R. philippinarum hemocytes. Although all V. tapetis isolates inhibited adhesion, significant variations in cytotoxicity among isolates was demonstrated.


Subject(s)
Bivalvia/metabolism , Bivalvia/microbiology , Hemocytes/metabolism , Vibrio/pathogenicity , Analysis of Variance , Animals , Cell Adhesion , Europe , Flow Cytometry , Seawater , Sensitivity and Specificity
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