Nocardiosis in large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea (Richardson).
Nocardiosis in large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea (Richardson).
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2761.2005.00637.x
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发表时间:
2005-06
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
G.-L. Wang;S.-P. Yuan;S. Jin
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作者:
G.-L. Wang;S.-P. Yuan;S. Jin
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.