Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (12): 2275-2285.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.12.07

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Identification and pathological observation of Aeromonas veronii from hybrid sturgeon (Acipenser baerii×Acipenser schrenckii♂)

YANG Chengnian(), LI Fang, ZHU Chengke, TANG Zhengxian, YI Zilin, HAN Lulu, YANG Longjiang, PENG Xiaoqian, HE Die, LI Yang, REN Chaoying, LYU Guangjun*()   

  1. Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education/College of Fisheries, Southwest University,Chongqing 402460, China
  • Received:2021-04-29 Online:2021-12-25 Published:2022-01-10
  • Contact: LYU Guangjun

Abstract:

In order to find out the reason that caused death of hybrid sturgeon in Pengshui, Chongqing, a dominant strain named CQST-2 was obtained from liver of diseased hybrid sturgeon. Pathogen morphological observation, challenge test, physical and chemical characteristics of isolated bacteria, sequence analysis of 16S rRNA,gyrB, rpoB and cpn60 genes, drug test and pathological were carried out and investigated. The result indicated that the isolated strain was a gram-negative bacterium and challenge test symptoms infected with Aeromonas veronii were similar to the natural symptoms. Phylogenetic trees constructed by 16S rRNA, gyrB, rpoB and cpn60 gene sequences were the same as A. veronii, with similarity of 99.7%, 99.9%, 99.4% and 99.8%. The challenge test showed that the value of LD50 was 2.0×105 CFU·g-1 fish weight by intraperitoneal injection at (22±1)℃. Five virulent genes, including ompA, act, aer, hlyA and alt genes were screened by PCR assay. Pathological observation showed that the structure of liver cells was fuzzy, hepatic sinuses were dilated and congested. Most of intestinal villi were necrotic and exfoliated, and muscle layer was congested.Gills of infected fish were curved and epithelial cells were hyperplasia. Antibiotic resistances showed that the strain was sensitive to 18 drugs, including ofloxacin, polymyxinB, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, and resistance to 9 drugs, including medications, guitamycin, penicillin, et al.This study provided that disease of hybrid sturgeon caused by A. veronii, which had strong pathogenicity and could cause multiple tissue lesions of hybrid sturgeon.

Key words: hybrid sturgeon (Acipenser. baerii♀×Acipenser. schrenckii♂), Aeromonas veronii, isolation and identifiation, histopathology, antibiotics test

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