Vibrio harveyi Adheres to and Penetrates Tissues of the European Abalone Haliotis tuberculata within the First Hours of Contact

Marion Cardinaud 1, * Annaïck Barbou 1 Carole Capitaine 1 Adeline Bidault 1 Antoine Marie Dujon 1 Dario Moraga 1 Christine Paillard 1
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1 LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR)
Abstract : Vibrio harveyi is a marine bacterial pathogen responsible for episodic epidemics generally associated with massive mortalities in many marine organisms, including the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata. The aim of this study was to identify the portal of entry and the dynamics of infection of V. harveyi in the European abalone. The results indicate that the duration of contact be-tween V. harveyi and the European abalone influences the mortality rate and precocity. Immediately after contact, the epithelial and mucosal area situated between the gills and the hypobranchial gland was colonized by V. harveyi. Real-time PCR analyses and culture quantification of a green fluorescent protein-tagged strain of V. harveyi in abalone tissues revealed a high density of bacteria adhering to and then penetrating the whole gill-hypobranchial gland tissue after 1 h of contact. V. harveyi was also de-tected in the hemolymph of a significant number of European abalones after 3 h of contact. In conclusion, this article shows that a TaqMan real-time PCR assay is a powerful and useful technique for the detection of a marine pathogen such as V. harveyi in mollusk tissue and for the study of its infection dynamics. Thus, we have revealed that the adhesion and then the penetration of V. harveyi in European abalone organs begin in the first hours of contact. We also hypothesize that the portal of entry of V. har-veyi in the European abalone is the area situated between the gills and the hypobranchial gland.
Keywords : Haliotis Vibrio harveyi
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Marion Cardinaud, Annaïck Barbou, Carole Capitaine, Adeline Bidault, Antoine Marie Dujon, et al.. Vibrio harveyi Adheres to and Penetrates Tissues of the European Abalone Haliotis tuberculata within the First Hours of Contact. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, 2014, 80 (20), pp.6328-6333. ⟨10.1128/AEM.01036-14⟩. ⟨hal-01104233⟩

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