Pathogenicity of Aeromonas veronii Causing Mass Mortality of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) and Its Induced Host Immune Response

Aeromonas veronii is as an important opportunist pathogen of many aquatic animals, which is wildly distributed in various aquatic environments. In this study, a dominant bacterium GJL1 isolated from diseased M. salmoides was identified as A. veronii according to the morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics, as well as molecular identification. Detection of the virulence genes showed the isolate GJL1 carried outer membrane protein A (ompA), flagellin (flgA, flgM, flgN), aerolysin (aer), cytolytic enterotoxin (act), DNases (exu), and hemolysin (hly), and the isolate GJL1 also produced caseinase, lipase, gelatinase, and hemolysin. The virulence of strain GJL1 was confirmed by experimental infection; the median lethal dosage (LD50) of the GJL1 for largemouth bass was 3.6 × 105 CFU/mL, and histopathological analysis revealed that the isolate could cause obvious inflammatory responses in M. salmoides. Additionally, the immune-related gene expression in M. salmoides was evaluated, and the results showed that IgM, HIF-1α, Hep-1, IL-15, TGF-β1, and Cas-3 were significantly upregulated after A. veronii infection. Our results indicated that A. veronii was an etiological agent causing the mass mortality of M. salmoides, which contributes to understanding the immune response of M. salmoides against A. veronii infection.

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