Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 22-34.doi: 10.11978/2020067CSTR: 32234.14.2020067

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Physiological and genomic characteristics of two lytic phages infecting Vibrio alginolyticus

ZHONG Wanxuan1,2(), YANG Yunlan3, LI Xiangfu1,4, XU Jie1,2,4()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. College of the Environment and Ecology, State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 China
    4. Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301 China
  • Received:2020-06-24 Revised:2020-07-26 Online:2021-07-10 Published:2020-07-29
  • Contact: XU Jie E-mail:zhongwanxuan17@mails.ucas.ac.cn;xujie@scsio.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project of Program of Science and Technology of Guangzhou(20190420029);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41506095);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41676075);Project of Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences(ISEE2019ZR02);Project of Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province(2018B030320005);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M662237)

Abstract:

Phage therapy of bacterial diseases was considered to be effective and environmentally friendly in aquaculture. To obtain the biological agents that prevent Vibro alginolyticus, two jumbo phages vB_ValM_R10Z and vB_ValM_R11Z were isolated from prawn farming waters and the sewage in fishery markets in Dongshan Island, Fujian Province, using Vibrio alginolyticus ATCC 17749 T as the host. The morphology, host range, life cycle, and genome were identified and analyzed. Phages R10Z and R11Z had similar morphology of plaques and virions, and shared the same host range of infecting other V. owensii strain JL3186. Both phages were not sensitive to chloroform, indicating that the capsid did not contain lipids. They had the same latent period of 20 min but different blast sizes of 45 PFU·cell -1 for R10Z and 114 PFU·cell-1 for R11Z. The genomic sizes of phages R10Z and R11Z were 247167 bp and 246831 bp with G+C content of 41.30% and 41.33%, respectively. Furthermore, their genomes had a similarity of 99.45%, without virulence genes and antibiotic resistance genes. Our phylogenetic analysis showed that they belonged to genus Schizotequatrovirus, subfamily Tevenvirinae, family Myovirdae. Their homologous genes were distributed in the environment widely. Phages R10Z and R11Z had good capability and great potentials for their usage as phage therapy agents of vibriosis in aquaculture.

Key words: Vibrio, phage, phage therapy, physiological properties, genome

CLC Number: 

  • P735.531