Effect of the Flagellar Gene fliL on the Virulence of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida to Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × E. lanceolatus ♂)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Bacterial Strains and Culture Conditions
2.2. Construction of Deletion and Complement Strains
2.2.1. Construct the ΔfliL Strain
2.2.2. Construction of the Complement Strain C-ΔfliL
2.3. Validation of mRNA Levels of Deletion and Complement Strains
2.4. Determination of Growth Curve
2.5. Motility Measurement
2.6. Determination of Bacterial Adhesion Ability
2.6.1. Preparation of Surface Mucus
2.6.2. In Vitro Adhesion Experiment
2.7. Biofilm Determination
2.8. Measurement of the Chemotactic Response
2.9. Half Lethal Dose (LD50) Test for P. plecoglossicida
2.10. Transcriptomic Analysis
2.10.1. Library Preparation and Sequencing
2.10.2. Raw Data Statistics and Quality Control
2.10.3. Comparison with Reference Genome
2.10.4. Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) and Enrichment Analysis
2.10.5. Validation of Transcriptome Data
2.11. Data Analysis
2.12. Data Access
3. Results
3.1. Construction of fliL Gene Deletion and Replacement Strain of P. plecoglossicida
3.2. Effect of the fliL Gene on the Phenotype of P. plecoglossicida
3.3. Effect of the fliL Gene on the Virulence of P. plecoglossicida
3.4. Effect of Knockout of fliL Gene on Transcriptome of Wild Strain of P. plecoglossicida
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Dose (CFU/Fish) | The Number of Test Animals | Wild Type Strain | ΔfliL Strain | C-ΔfliL Strain | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Number of Dead | Mortality/% | The Number of Dead | Mortality/% | The Number of Dead | Mortality/% | ||
5 × 106 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 10 | 100 | 10 | 100 |
5 × 105 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 7 | 70 | 10 | 100 |
5 × 104 | 10 | 9 | 90 | 4 | 40 | 9 | 90 |
5 × 103 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 80 |
5 × 102 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
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Shi, L.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, L.; Li, Q.; Huang, L.; Qin, Y.; Yan, Q. Effect of the Flagellar Gene fliL on the Virulence of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida to Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × E. lanceolatus ♂). Fishes 2023, 8, 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080397
Shi L, Zhang J, Zhao L, Li Q, Huang L, Qin Y, Yan Q. Effect of the Flagellar Gene fliL on the Virulence of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida to Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × E. lanceolatus ♂). Fishes. 2023; 8(8):397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080397
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Lian, Junjie Zhang, Lingmin Zhao, Qi Li, Lixing Huang, Yingxue Qin, and Qingpi Yan. 2023. "Effect of the Flagellar Gene fliL on the Virulence of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida to Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × E. lanceolatus ♂)" Fishes 8, no. 8: 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080397