Abstract
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to molecularly identify different species of Aeromonas isolated from farmed tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) from North Brazil, and evaluate their pathogenic potential by the presence of virulence genes. From the extraction of bacterial DNA, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) of the primers 16S rDNA, aerA (cytolytic enterotoxin), ast (cytotoxic enterotoxin) and act (cytotoxic enterotoxin) were performed. Of 24 isolates evaluated, eight amplified the ast gene, one amplified the act gene, but the areA gene was not amplified in any isolate. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA primer revealed a predominance of Aeromonas jandaei specie (92%). Aeromonas taiwanensis (4%), for the first time isolated from fish in Brazil, and Aeromonas hydrophila (4%) each appeared as just one isolate. Results showed that 32% of Aeromonas isolated from farmed tambaqui have considerable pathogenic potential for systemic damage, since the selected PCR primers are encoding the most common virulence genes in Aeromonas with high pathogenic intensity.
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