Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 24-32.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.01.04

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Identification and synergistic susceptibility of pathogenic Providencia rettgeri isolated from diseased Procambarus clarkii

DONG Jing1(), ZHANG Lushan1, ZAHNG Guodong1, LIU Yongtao1, LIU Shaochun2, YANG Yibin1, AI Xiaohui1,*()   

  1. 1. Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center of Aquatic Product Quality and Safety, Wuhan 430223, China
    2. Yueyang Yumeikang Biological Technology Co., Ltd., Yueyang 414100, Hunan, China
  • Received:2020-09-16 Online:2022-01-25 Published:2022-02-05
  • Contact: AI Xiaohui

Abstract:

To clarify the cause of death of Procambarus clarkii (P. clarkii) during May to June and bring out treatment protocols, a bacterial pathogen (L20190509) was isolated from P. clarkia with typical symptom. The isolated pathogen was characterized by physiological and biochemical assay, 16S rRNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Then the sensitivity of the isolated pathogen was tested by agar diffusion method, the synergistic effect of antibiotics and natural compounds were determined by checkerboard assays. The results showed that the 50% lethal concentration of the isolate to healthy P. clarkii was 9.27×104 CFU·mL-1, which exhibited similar physiological and biochemical characteristics to Providencia rettgeri (P. rettgeri) and shared over 99% homologies with P. rettgeri. Thus, the isolate was determined to be a P. rettgeri strain. The sensitivity study showed that the isolate was susceptible to imipenem, cefotaxime and enrofloxacin; intermediate to florfenicol and doxycycline; resistant to other tested antibiotics. Moreover, florfenicol combined with magnolol had synergistic effect against L20190509. Taken together, L20190509 is a bacterial pathogen of farmed P. clarkii which exhibited multi-resistance to antibiotics, these findings help to further acknowledge the pathogens of P. clarkii in May and formulate scientific and effective treatments.

Key words: Procambarus clarkii, Providencia rettgeri, resistance, magnolol

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