Virulent and nonvirulent Flavobacterium columnare colony morphologies: Characterization of chondroitin AC lyase activity and adhesion to polystyrene

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1319-1326

  Kunttu, H M T ^a   Jokinen, E I ^a   Valtonen, E T ^a   Sundberg, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Chondroitin AC lyase; Colony morphology; Flavobacterium columnare; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FARMS; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

BACTERIAL SURFACES; CHONDROITIN AC LYASE; CHONDROITINASES; COLONY MORPHOLOGY; FISH FARMS; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYASE ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERIZATIONS; VIRULENCE;

ADHESION;

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHONDROITIN AC LYASE; LYASE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; COLONY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTEROIDETES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE;

EID: 81255171426     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05149.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Altinok, I. and Grizzle, J.M. (2001) Effects of low salinities on Flavobacterium columnare infection of euryhaline and freshwater stenohaline fish. J Fish Dis 24, 361-367.
2. Álvarez, B., Secades, P., Prieto, M., McBride, M.J. and Guijarro, J.A. (2006) A mutation in Flavobacterium psychrophilum tlpB inhibits gliding motility and induces biofilm formation. Appl Environ Microbiol 72, 4044-4053.
3. Anderson, R.L. and Ordal, E.J. (1961) Cytophaga succinicans sp. n., a facultatively anaerobic, aquatic myxobacterium. J Bacteriol 81, 130-138.
4. Avery, S.V. (2006) Microbial cell individuality and the underlying sources of heterogeneity. Nat Rev Microbiol 4, 577-587.
5. Bader, J.A., Shoemaker, C.A. and Klesius, P.H. (2005) Production, characterization and evaluation of virulence of an adhesion defective mutant of Flavobacterium columnare produced by beta-lactam selection. Lett Appl Microbiol 40, 123-127.
6. Bernardet, J.-F. and Keruoault, B. (1989) Phenotypic and genomic studies of "Cytophaga psychrophila" isoalted from diseased rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in France. Appl Environ Microbiol 55, 1796-1180.
7. Bernardet, J.-F., Segers, P., Vancanneyt, M., Berthe, F., Kersters, K. and Vandamme, P. (1996) Cutting a gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (Basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int J Syst Bacteriol 46, 128-148.
8. Chang, L.E., Pate, J.L. and Betzig, R.J. (1984) Isolation and characterization of nonspreading mutants of the gliding bacterium Cytophaga johnsonae. J Bacteriol 159, 26-35.
9. Decostere, A., Haesebrouck, F. and Devriese, L.A. (1997) Shieh medium supplemented with tobramycin for selective isolation of Flavobacterium columnare (Flexibacter columnaris) from diseased fish. J Clin Microbiol 35, 322-324.
10. Decostere, A., Haesebrouck, F., Turnbull, J.F. and Charlier, G. (1999a) Influence of water quality and temperature on adhesion of high and low virulence Flavobacterium columnare strains to isolated gill arches. J Fish Dis 22, 1-11.
11. Decostere, A., Haesebrouck, F., Charlier, G. and Ducatelle, R. (1999b) The association of Flavobacterium columnare strains of high and low virulence with gill tissue of black mollies (Poecilia sphenops). Vet Microbiol 67, 287-298.
12. Hilton, T., Roche, T., Froelich, B., Smith, B. and Oliver, J. (2006) Capsular polysaccharide phase variation in Vibrio vulnificus. Appl Environ Microbiol 72, 6986-6993.
13. Högfors-Rönnholm, E. and Wiklund, T. (2010) Phase variation in Flavobacterium psychrophilum: characterization of two distinct colony phenotypes. Dis Aquat Org 90, 43-53.
14. Holmfeldt, K., Middelboe, M., Nybroe, O. and Riemann, L. (2007) Large variabilities in host strain susceptibility and phage host range govern interactions between lytic marine phages and their Flavobacterium hosts. Appl Environ Microbiol 73, 6730-6739.
15. Klesius, P.H., Shoemaker, C.A. and Evans, J.J. (2008) Flavobacterium columnare chemotaxis to channel catfish mucus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 288, 216-220.
16. Kunttu, H. (2010) Characterizing the bacterial fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare, and some factors affecting its pathogenicity. Jyväskylä Stud Biol Env Sci 206, 1-69.
17. Kunttu, H.M.T., Suomalainen, L.-R., Jokinen, E.I. and Valtonen, E.T. (2009a) Flavobacterium columnare colony types: connection to adhesion and virulence? Microb Pathog 46, 21-27.
18. Kunttu, H.M.T., Valtonen, E.T., Jokinen, E.I. and Suomalainen, L.-R. (2009b) Saprophytism of a fish pathogen as a transmission strategy. Epidemics 1, 96-100.
19. McCarter, L. (1999) The multiple identities of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 1, 51-57.
20. Morrison, D.C. and Jacobs, D.M. (1976) Binding of polymyxin B to the lipid A portion of bacterial lipopolysaccharides. Immunochemistry 13, 813-818.
21. Olivares-Fuster, O., Baker, J.L., Terhune, J.S., Shoemaker, C.A., Klesius, P.H. and Arias, C.R. (2007) Host-specific association between Flavobacterium columnare genomovars and fish species. Syst Appl Microbiol 30, 624-633.
22. Pulkkinen, K., Suomalainen, L.-R., Read, A.F., Ebert, D., Rintamaki, P. and Valtonen, E.T. (2010) Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland. Proc Biol Sci 277, 593-600.
23. Revetta, R.P., Rodgers, M.R. and Kinkle, B.K. (2005) Isolation and identification of freshwater bacteria antagonistic to Giardia intestinalis cysts. J Water Health 3, 83-88.
24. Rickard, A.H., McBain, A.J., Ledder, R.G., Handley, P.S. and Gilbert, P. (2003) Coaggregation between freshwater bacteria within biofilm and planktonic communities. FEMS Microbiol Lett 220, 133-140.
25. Santos, Y., Bandin, I., Nieto, T.P., Barja, J.L., Toranzo, A.E. and Ellis, A.E. (1980) Cell-surface-associated properties of fish pathogenic bacteria. J Aquat Anim Health 3, 297-301.
26. Sato, K., Naito, M., Yukitake, H., Hirakawa, H., Shoji, M., McBride, M.J., Rhodes, R.G. and Nakayama, K. (2010) A protein secretion system linked to bacteroidete gliding motility and pathogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107, 276-281.
27. Shieh, H.S. (1980) Studies on the nutrition of a fish pathogen, Flexibacter columnaris. Microbios Lett 13, 129-133.
28. Shoemaker, C.A., Olivares-Fuster, O., Arias, C.R. and Klesius, P.H. (2008) Flavobacterium columnare genomovar influences mortality in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Vet Microbiol 127, 353-359.
29. Simpson, L.M., White, V.K., Zane, S.F. and Oliver, J.D. (1987) Correlation between virulence and colony morphology in Vibrio vulnificus. Infect Immun 55, 269-272.
30. Staroscik, A.M. and Nelson, D.R. (2008) The influence of salmon surface mucus on the growth of Flavobacterium columnare. J Fish Dis 31, 59-69.
31. Suomalainen, L.-R., Tiirola, M. and Valtonen, E.T. (2005) The influence of rearing conditions on Flavobacterium columnare infection of rainbow trout. J Fish Dis 28, 271-277.
32. Suomalainen, L.-R., Tiirola, M. and Valtonen, E.T. (2006a) Chondroitin AC lyase activity is related to virulence in fish pathogenic Flavobacterium columnare. J Fish Dis 29, 757-763.
33. Suomalainen, L.-R., Kunttu, H., Valtonen, E.T., Hirvelä-Koski, V. and Tiirola, M. (2006b) Molecular diversity and growth features of Flavobacterium columnare strains isolated in Finland. Dis Aquat Org 70, 55-61.
34. Teska, J.D. (1993) Assay to evaluate the reaction kinetics of chondroitin AC lyase produced by Cytophaga columnaris. J Aquat Anim Health 5, 259-264.
35. Tsai, C.M. and Frasch, C.E. (1982) A sensitive silver stain for detecting lipopolysaccharides in polyacrylamide gels. Anal Biochem 119, 115-119.
36. Wagner, B.A., Wise, D.J., Khoo, L.H. and Terhune, J.S. (2002) The epidemiology of bacterial diseases in food-size channel catfish. J Aquat Anim Health 14, 263-272.
37. van der Woude, M.W. and Bäumler, A.J. (2004) Phase and antigenic variation in bacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 17, 581-611.
38. Zhang, Y., Arias, C.R., Shoemaker, C.A. and Klesius, P.H. (2006) Comparison of lipopolysaccharide and protein profiles between Flavobacterium columnare strains from different genomovars. J Fish Dis 29, 657-663.