Identification, Characterization, and Epidemiological Analysis of Lactococcus garvieae Fish Isolates Obtained in a Period of Eighteen Years
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. L. garvieae Bacterial Isolates
2.3. DNA Extraction
2.4. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
2.5. Polymerase-Chain Reaction (PCR)
2.6. Sequencing of 16S rDNA Gene and Capsular Gene
2.7. Epidemiological Typing by Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD Analysis)
2.8. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Cultivation and Identification
3.2. Antimicrobial Susceptibility
3.3. Molecular-Genetic Methods
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Laboratory No./NCBI Number 16S rDNA | Year of Collection | Origin | Species |
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331/8066/MT568646 | 2002 | Belgium/reference strain | L. garvieae |
322 | 2002 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
329 | 2002 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
379 | 2006 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
a386 | 2006 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
397 | 2008 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
400 | 2008 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
412/MT568658 | 2010 | Greece/RTF | L. garvieae |
415 | 2010 | Greece/RTF | L. garvieae |
417 | 2013 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
418 | 2013 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
443 MT568659 | 2016 | Bulgaria/AS | L. garvieae |
444 | 2016 | Bulgaria/AS | L. garvieae |
456 | 2017 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
459 | 2017 | Dospat town/RTF | L. garvieae |
465 | 2017 | Sofia city/from store/RTF | L. garvieae |
466 | 2017 | Sofia city/from store/RTF | L. garvieae |
467/MT568660 | 2019 | Pirdop town/RTF | L. garvieae |
468 | 2019 | Pirdop town/RTF | L. garvieae |
469 | 2019 | Pirdop town/RTF | L. garvieae |
470 | 2019 | Pirdop town/RTF | L. garvieae |
471 | 2019 | Pirdop town/RTF | L. garvieae |
472/MT568662 | 2019 | Pirdop town | L. lactis |
473 | Serbia/control | L. garvieae | |
474 | Serbia/control | L. garvieae | |
330 | 2019 | Sofia city | Str. iniae |
332 | 2018 | Sofia city | Ent. faecalis |
Primer Sequence (5′→3′) | Product Size (bp) | Annealing Temperature (°C) | Reference | |
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pLG-1 pLG-2 | CATAACAATGAGAATCGC GCACCCTCGCGGGTTG | 60.8 * | [68] | |
LG_IBS_F(132) LG_IBS_R(132) | ACAGAGCATGGGACGACCTA CTGCTTCTTGAGAGACGCCA | 54 | [9] | |
LP_IBS_F(583) LG_IBS_R(583) | ATTGGCTTAGGGGTTTGGGG AGTCCGAAATACGTTCCCGG | 54 | [9] | |
ITS 30F(290) ITS 319R(290) | ACTTTATTCAGTTTTGAGGGGTCT TTTAAAAGAATTCGCAGCTTTACA | 54 | [69] | |
27F 1492R | AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG TACGGYTACCTTGTTACGACTT | 56 | [70] | |
Lg2F Lg2R | TGCTGTCATCATATTGTGTCCA GGCTATGGCATTAGTCAGGAAG | 55 | [71] |
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Sirakov, I.; Strateva, T.V.; Boyanov, V.S.; Orozova, P.; Yordanov, D.; Rusenova, N.; Gergova, R.; Dimov, S.G.; Sirakova, B.; Radosavljević, V.; et al. Identification, Characterization, and Epidemiological Analysis of Lactococcus garvieae Fish Isolates Obtained in a Period of Eighteen Years. Microorganisms 2025, 13, 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13020436
Sirakov I, Strateva TV, Boyanov VS, Orozova P, Yordanov D, Rusenova N, Gergova R, Dimov SG, Sirakova B, Radosavljević V, et al. Identification, Characterization, and Epidemiological Analysis of Lactococcus garvieae Fish Isolates Obtained in a Period of Eighteen Years. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(2):436. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13020436
Chicago/Turabian StyleSirakov, Ivo, Tanya V. Strateva, Vasil Svetoslavov Boyanov, Petya Orozova, Daniel Yordanov, Nikolina Rusenova, Raina Gergova, Svetoslav G. Dimov, Bilyana Sirakova, Vladimir Radosavljević, and et al. 2025. "Identification, Characterization, and Epidemiological Analysis of Lactococcus garvieae Fish Isolates Obtained in a Period of Eighteen Years" Microorganisms 13, no. 2: 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13020436
APA StyleSirakov, I., Strateva, T. V., Boyanov, V. S., Orozova, P., Yordanov, D., Rusenova, N., Gergova, R., Dimov, S. G., Sirakova, B., Radosavljević, V., Boyanova, L., & Mitov, I. (2025). Identification, Characterization, and Epidemiological Analysis of Lactococcus garvieae Fish Isolates Obtained in a Period of Eighteen Years. Microorganisms, 13(2), 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13020436