Molecular identification of Vibrio tapetis, the causative agent of the brown ring disease of Ruditapes philippinarum
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| Date | 2006-03 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Paillard Christine1, Gausson Sabrina1, Nicolas Jean-Louis3, Le Pennec Jean Paul2, Haras Dominique2 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Inst Univ Europeen Mer, Lab Sci Environm Marin, UMR 6539, F-29280 Plouzane, France. 2 : Univ Bretagne Sud, Lab Biotechnol & Chim Marines, EA 3884, F-56321 Lorient, France. 3 : IFREMER, Ctr Brest, DRV RA PI, Lab Physiol Invertebres, F-29280 Plouzane, France. |
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| Source | Aquaculture (0044-8486) (Elsevier), 2006-03 , Vol. 253 , N. 1-4 , P. 25-38 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.03.047 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 30 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | DOT BLOT hybridisation, SSP PCR, Vibriosis, Bivalve, Detection, Diagnostic | ||||||||
| Abstract | Vibrio tapetis is the marine bacterium responsible for the brown ring disease (BRD) affecting die manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum. Identification of V tapelis has been previously performed using biochemical criteria and serological procedures. All of these methods are time consuming and ill-adapted to individual screening. This study describes an oligonucleotidic probe (Vt446) and two PCR primers, deduced from the 16S rDNA sequence, allowing a fast and specific V tapetis identification using dot blot hybridisation and species-specific primed PCR (SSP-PCR). The probe and primers have been tested on 60 strains, including referenced Vibrio sp., Gram negative and positive bacteria, marine bacteria samples and isolated clam bacteria. For all the 19 V tapetis strains, the results of PCR assays consistently corroborated those of the agglutination tests. The detection limit was estimated to be 10(2) CFU ml(-1). The SSP-PCR method has resulted in V tapetis detection in larvae, m diseased clams, and in asymptomatic broodstock clams that later developed BRD. In conclusion, the two SSP-PCR primers were useful for direct and fast identification of V tapetis strains isolated in clams, and are well suited for the screening of individual R. philippilnarum broodstock clams and larvae from the hatchery. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | ||||||||
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