PoCXCL8, a teleost chemokine, exerts direct bactericidal, chemotactic/phagocytic, and NETs releasing properties, promoting host anti-bacterial immunity.

As an important CXC chemokine, CXCL8 plays pleiotropic roles in immunological response. In teleost, CXCL8 is involved in cell migration and bacterial invasion. However, the immune antibacterial function of CXCL8 in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) (PoCXCL8) is largely scarce.

Description of Fuscovulum ytuae sp. nov, a facultative autotroph isolated from the intertidalite of Yangma island, China.

In this study, we reported a Gram-stain-negative, ovoid to rod-shaped, atrichous, and facultative anaerobe bacteria strain named YMD61, which was isolated from the intertidal sediment of Yangma island, China. Growth of strain YMD61 occurred at 10.0-45.

Dissection and localization of the immunostimulating domain of Edwardsiella tarda FliC.

Bacterial flagellin is known to induce potent immune response in vertebrate systems via the toll-like receptor (TLR) 5. As a result, flagellin has been studied extensively as a vaccine adjuvant. In a previous study, we examined the vaccine and adjuvant potentials of the flagellin (FliC) of the fish pathogen Edwardsiella tarda.

Identification and immunoprotective analysis of a Streptococcus iniae subunit vaccine candidate.

Streptococcus iniae is a Gram-positive bacterium and a severe aquaculture pathogen that can infect a wide range of farmed fish species. In the summer of 2006, an epidemic broke out in a fish farm in north China, and examination of moribund fish (Japanese flounder) identified the possible etiological agent of the outbreak as a strain named SF1, which exhibited apparent virulence in a Japanese flounder infection model and conforms to the description of S. iniae by 16S rRNA sequence analysis and API 20 Strep test.

Analysis of Edwardsiella tarda DegP, a serine protease and a protective immunogen.

Edwardsiella tarda is a severe aquaculture pathogen with a broad host range that includes humans, animal, and fish. A gene (degP(Et)) encoding a DegP homologue was cloned from TX01, a pathogenic E. tarda strain isolated from diseased fish.

Comparative study of the effects of aluminum adjuvants and Freund's incomplete adjuvant on the immune response to an Edwardsiella tarda major antigen.

Edwardsiella tarda is a severe aquaculture pathogen that can infect many different fish species cultured worldwide. Et49 is a major E. tarda antigen with weak immunoprotective potential.

Analysis of the vaccine potential of a laboratory Escherichia coli strain in a Japanese flounder model.

Escherichia coli DH5alpha is a genetically tailored laboratory strain that is commonly used for general cloning. In this study, the vaccine potential of DH5alpha was investigated. It was found that when used as a live vaccine, DH5alpha could afford effective protection upon Japanese flounder against Aeromonas hydrophila infection.

DNA adenine methylase is involved in the pathogenesis of Edwardsiella tarda.

Edwardsiella tarda is a serious aquaculture pathogen that can infect many cultured fish species. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential importance of DNA adenine methylase (Dam) in E. tarda pathogenesis.

Identification and immunoprotective analysis of an in vivo-induced Edwardsiella tarda antigen.

Edwardsiella tarda is a severe aquaculture pathogen that can infect many important fish species cultured worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the vaccine potential of an E. tarda antigen, Eta21, which was identified from a pathogenic E.

Construction and evaluation of DNA vaccines encoding Edwardsiella tarda antigens.

Edwardsiella tarda is an opportunistic pathogen that can infect humans, animal, and fish. Two E. tarda antigens, Eta6 and FliC, which are homologues to an ecotin precursor and the FliC flagellin, respectively, were identified by in vivo-induced antigen technology from a pathogenic E.

Attenuation of Edwardsiella tarda virulence by small peptides that interfere with LuxS/autoinducer type 2 quorum sensing.

Edwardsiella tarda is a gram-negative pathogen with a broad host range that includes humans, animals, and fish. Recent studies have shown that the LuxS/autoinducer type 2 (AI-2) quorum sensing system is involved in the virulence of E. tarda.