Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Isolates Recovered from Fish, a Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) and the Marine Environment are Capable of Inducing Characteristic Cutaneous Lesions in Pigs

Opriessnig, Tanja; Shen, Huigang; Bender, Joseph S.; Boehm, Jeffrey R.; Halbur, Patrick G.

doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.08.004

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“…28 serotypes identified for Erysipelothrix, spaC has only been reported from serotype 18 (Forde et al, 2016;Ingebritson et al, 2010;Opriessnig et al, 2013;Shen et al, 2010). In the current study, three of the four spaC-positive isolates submitted for serotyping were identified as serotype 5, while one isolate (UGA21756) was untypable.…”

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“…This work supports earlier studies which demonstrated that commensal Erysipelothrix spp. from fish are of the spaA and spaB isoforms much more frequently than spaC (Opriessnig, Shen, Bender, Boehm, & Halbur, ; Shen et al., ). Although a spa isoform has not been previously reported from E. tonsillarum (Bender et al., ; Harada, Furui, & Takahashi, ; Ingebritson et al., ; To & Nagai, ), two isolates used in this study, identified as E. tonsillarum by gyrB sequencing, showed positive PCR amplification for spa genes, one for spaA and one for spaB (Table S1).…”

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“…Although spa ‐type variance is associated with genetically distinct clades of E. rhusiopathiae, serological homoplasy has been observed, likely due to horizontal gene transfer (Forde et al., ). Among the 28 serotypes identified for Erysipelothrix, spaC has only been reported from serotype 18 (Forde et al., ; Ingebritson et al., ; Opriessnig et al., ; Shen et al., ). In the current study, three of the four spaC‐ positive isolates submitted for serotyping were identified as serotype 5, while one isolate (UGA21756) was untypable.…”

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Characterization of spaC‐type Erysipelothrix sp. isolates causing systemic disease in ornamental fish

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Reichley

Yanong

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Journal of Fish Diseases

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Since 2012, low-to-moderate mortality associated with an Erysipelothrix sp. bacterium has been reported in ornamental fish. Histological findings have included facial cellulitis, necrotizing dermatitis and myositis, and disseminated coelomitis with abundant intralesional Gram-positive bacterial colonies. Sixteen Erysipelothrix sp. isolates identified phenotypically as E. rhusiopathiae were recovered from diseased cyprinid and characid fish. Similar clinical and histological changes were also observed in zebrafish, Danio rerio, challenged by intracoelomic injection. The Erysipelothrix sp. isolates from ornamental fish were compared phenotypically and genetically to E. rhusiopathiae and E. tonsillarum isolates recovered from aquatic and terrestrial animals from multiple facilities. Results demonstrated that isolates from diseased fish were largely clonal and divergent from E. rhusiopathiae and E. tonsillarum isolates from normal fish skin, marine mammals and terrestrial animals. All ornamental fish isolates were PCR positive for spaC, with marked genetic divergence (<92% similarity at gyrB, <60% similarity by rep-PCR) between the ornamental fish isolates and other Erysipelothrix spp. isolates. This study supports previous work citing the genetic variability of Erysipelothrix spp. spa types and suggests isolates from diseased ornamental fish may represent a genetically distinct species.

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Characterization of spaC‐type Erysipelothrix sp. isolates causing systemic disease in ornamental fish

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Yanong

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Journal of Fish Diseases

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“…Interestingly, the dermatologic and acute septicemic forms have been reported in various species of dolphins including Tursiops truncatus, Stenella plagiodon, Grampus griseus and T. aduncus and also in pilot, beluga and killer whales among others (Seibold and Neal 1956;Chastel et al 1975;Thurman et al 1983;Kinsel et al 1997;Melero et al 2011;Opriessnig et al 2013). Among the clinical signs of this disease in cetaceans, nonspecific symptoms such as anorexia and weakness should be considered.…”

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“…This ubiquitous microorganism is a gram-positive, nonspore-forming, nonacidfast, rod-shaped bacterium that can survive for long periods of time in the environment, including marine locations (Wang et al 2010). Moreover, it has been isolated from the cutaneous slime of both fresh and salt water fish, insects, mollusks and crustaceans among others (Seibold and Neal 1956;Lauckner 1985;Kinsel et al 1997;Wang et al 2010;Opriessnig et al 2013). In humans, the disease (known as erysipeloid) is considered a zoonosis, which is caused by contact of the individuals with contaminated animals, their products, wastes or soil (Hunt et al 2008;Wang et al 2010;Melero et al 2011).…”

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Development of an indirect immunofluorescence technique for the evaluation of generated antibody titers against Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is the causative agent of erysipelas, a disease of many mammalian and avian species, mainly swine and turkeys. In cetaceans, erysipelas is considered to be the most common infection in juvenile individuals, which have not been vaccinated. Moreover, the disease manifest in both forms, the dermatologic and the acute septicemic forms, has been reported in various species of dolphins and whales. It is difficult to diagnose erysipelas by currently available approaches. Moreover, it is mainly based on culture methods and also PCR methods, which are currently being developed. At the present stage, prophylactic approaches are based on antibiotic therapy and vaccination mostly with porcine erysipelas vaccines. In the present study, an Indirect Immuno Fluorescence method for the detection of dolphin antibodies levels against E. rhusiopathiae was developed and applied in two different groups of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Loro Parque (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) and L'Oceanogràfic de Valencia (Valencia, Spain) in order to check the tittering levels of antibodies after application of porcine erysipelas vaccines in the studied dolphins.

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2022

Veterinary Microbiology

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Isolates Recovered from Fish, a Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) and the Marine Environment are Capable of Inducing Characteristic Cutaneous Lesions in Pigs

Cited by 30 publications

References 21 publications

Characterization of spaC‐type Erysipelothrix sp. isolates causing systemic disease in ornamental fish

Characterization of spaC‐type Erysipelothrix sp. isolates causing systemic disease in ornamental fish

Development of an indirect immunofluorescence technique for the evaluation of generated antibody titers against Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

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