Abstract
Accumulating evidence has indicated that the multiple drug resistant Vibrio parahaemolyticus may pose a serious threat to public health and economic concerns for humans globally. Here, two lytic bacteriophages, namely vB_VpS_BA3 and vB_VpS_CA8, were isolated from sewage collected in Guangzhou, China. Electron microscopy studies revealed both virions taxonomically belonged to the Siphoviridae family with icosahedral head and a long non-contractile tail. The double-stranded DNA genome of phage BA3 was composed of 58648 bp with a GC content of 46.30% while phage CA8 was 58480 bp with an average GC content of 46.42%. In total, 85 putative open reading frames (ORFs) were predicted in the phage BA3 genome while 84 were predicted in that of CA8. The ORFs were associated with phage structure, packing, host lysis, DNA metabolism, and additional functions. Furthermore, average nucleotide identity analysis, comparative genomic features and phylogenetic analysis revealed that BA3 and CA8 represented different isolates but novel members of the family, Siphoviridae. Regarding the host range of the 61 V. parahaemolyticus isolates, BA3 and CA8 had an infectivity of 8.2 and 36.1%, respectively. Furthermore, ∼100 plaque-forming units (pfu)/cell for phage BA3 and ∼180 pfu/cell for phage CA8 were determined to be the viral load under laboratory growth conditions. Accordingly, the phage-killing assay in vitro revealed that phage CA8 achieved approximately 3.65 log unit reductions. The present results indicate that CA8 is potentially applicable for biological control of multidrug resistant V. parahaemolyticus.
Highlights
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that gains sufficient and nutritious food is jeopardized by the rapid increase in the human population (FAO, 2019a)
Bacteriophages are classified based on differences in the morphology of their virion
The measurements of head length, head diameter, and tail length of BA3 were 70, 55, and 130 nm while those of CA8 were 70, 55, and 125 nm. By combining their morphological characteristics with the formal guidelines of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, phages BA3 and CA8 exhibited typical characteristics of phages belonging to the family, Siphoviridae, in the order, Caudovirales (Lefkowitz et al, 2018)
Summary
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that gains sufficient and nutritious food is jeopardized by the rapid increase in the human population (FAO, 2019a). Global fish production was estimated to increase by 2.1% to 178.8 million ton in 2018, with 87 million tons (48.7%) being derived from aquaculture and 91.8 million tons (51.3%) from capture fisheries (FAO, 2019a). Such substantial change in the aquaculture sector resulted in the amount of wild capture fisheries for human consumption being surpassed. Mainland China produced 66.8 million ton of fish for human consumption in 2016, with 49.2 million ton (74%) from aquaculture and 17.6 million ton (26%) from wild capture (FAO, 2019b)
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