Abstract
Ulcer disease has resulted in substantial economic losses in eel aquaculture. Yet only scarce information is available on Shewanella algae as a possible causal agent for this disease. In this study, a virulent strain, temporarily named MY, was isolated from diseased American eel, Anguilla rostrata, suffering from ulcer disease and was identified as S. algae through molecular and phenotypic methods. A phylogenetic tree was constructed to examine MY and compare it to other known isolates. Besides, isolate MY has exhibited susceptibility to aminoglycosides and sulfonamides drugs for veterinary uses in aquaculture, as revealed when screened against a range of conventional antibiotics. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of ulcer disease caused by S. algae in American eel.
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