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VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 207, Issue -, Pages 83-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.06.006
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Vibrio harveyi; Vibrio species; Phage cocktail; Phage biocontrol; Shrimp aquaculture
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Fast Track Young Scientists Scheme, New Delhi [SR/FT/LS-205/2009]
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A diverse set of novel phages infecting the marine pathogenic Vibrio harveyi was isolated from shrimp aqua culture environments in the south east coast of India. Based on initial screening, three phages with a broad host range revealed that the growth inhibition of phage is relatively specific to V. harveyi. They were also able to infect V. alginolyticus and V. parahemolyticus that belonged to the Harveyi Glade species from shrimp pond and sea coast environment samples. However, the impact of these phages on their host bacterium are well understood; a one-step growth curve experiment and transmission electron microscope (TEM) revealed three phages grouped under the Myoviridae (VHM1 and VHM2); Siphoviridae (VHS1) family. These phages were further molecular characterized with respect to phage genomic DNA isolates. The randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) digestion with HindIII, and major structural proteins were distinguished by sodium-dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) clearly indicated that all the phage isolates were different, even when they came from the same source, giving an insight into the diversity of phages. Evaluation of microcosm studies of Penaeus monodon larvae infected with V. harveyi (105 CFU mL - 1) showed that larvae survival after 96 h in the presence of phage treatment at 109 PFU mL -1 was enhanced when compared with the control. The resolution in over survival highly recommended that this study provides the phage-based therapy which could be an innovative and eco-friendly solution against Vibrio disease in shrimp aquaculture and in the natural environment.
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