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Host‐specific preference of some Flavobacterium psychrophilum multilocus sequence typing genotypes determines their ability to cause bacterial coldwater disease in coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch )
Author(s) -
Knupp Christopher,
Kiupel Matti,
Brenden Travis O.,
Loch Thomas P.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/jfd.13340
Subject(s) - biology , rainbow trout , oncorhynchus , microbiology and biotechnology , multilocus sequence typing , virulence , trout , genotype , serotype , zoology , fishery , gene , genetics , fish <actinopterygii>
Flavobacterium psychrophilum causes bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD) in salmonids, resulting in significant losses worldwide. Several serotyping and genetic studies of F .  psychrophilum have suggested some geno‐/serotypes may be either host‐specific or generalistic in nature; however, this association has not been adequately explored in vivo using more natural exposure routes. Herein, F .  psychrophilum isolate US19‐COS, originally recovered from coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) and belonging to multilocus sequence typing clonal complex (CC) CC‐ST9, and isolate US53‐RBT, recovered from rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) and belonging to CC‐ST10, were serotyped via PCR, evaluated for proteolytic activity and utilized to determine their median lethal dose in immersion‐challenged coho salmon fingerlings. US19‐COS belonged to serotype 0, hydrolysed casein and gelatin but not elastin, led to fulminant multiorgan infections and elicited severe gross and microscopic pathology. In contrast, US53‐RBT, belonging to serotype 2, hydrolysed all three substrates, but did not lead to detectable infections, disease signs or mortality in any exposed coho salmon despite proving virulent to rainbow trout in previous experiments. This study provides in vivo evidence for potential host specificity of some F . psychrophilum genotypes that can also be serologically distinct, a matter of importance towards better understanding F . psychrophilum disease ecology and epidemiology.

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