Aims: Streptococcus parauberis is responsible for the development of streptococcosis in marine fish. The aim of the current study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of aquatic Strep. parauberis strains, thus establishing laboratory-specific epidemiological cut-off (COWT) values to distinguish wild-type (WT) and nonwild-type (NWT) strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiological cut-off value (ECV) analysis for commonly used antimicrobials in aquaculture have not been established for many aquatic pathogens, including Pseudomonas. This study was the first to examine the categorization of 92 aquatic Pseudomonas isolates by calculating seven antimicrobials ECVs using two analytical methods: normalized resistance interpretation and ECOFFinder. Pseudomonas spp.
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July 2022
The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is an enormous challenge to public health. and are opportunistic pathogens in fish. They exert tremendous adverse effects on aquaculture production, owing to their acquired antibiotic resistance.
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January 2022
Scuticociliatosis, caused by Miamiensis avidus, is a severe parasitic disease affecting marine organisms, particularly Paralichthys olivaceus. The aim of this study was to assess the antiparasitic potential of ethanolic extracts of Carpesii Fructus (EECF), the dried fruit of Carpesium abrotanoides L., which is used in traditional Chinese medicine, in vitro.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that mediates the toxicity of halogenated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in vertebrates. Thus, increased knowledge of AhR-mediated responses to xenobiotics is imperative. Sebastes schlegelii is increasingly being used as a model for studying environmental toxicology; hence, in this study, the presence of AhR2 was evaluated in S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) is the major phase I of metabolic enzyme that plays essential roles in the detoxification of drugs and biotransformation of environmental pollutants. This study investigated CYP1A enzyme induction using EROD activity, CYP1A protein levels, and immunohistochemistry, along with histopathology of the liver, gills, kidneys, and intestine from the black rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii, exposed to benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P). S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes play important roles in the detoxification and bioactivation of environmental contaminants and are involved in the responses to pollution in fish. In this study, we cloned four new CYP1 genes, CYP1A, CYP1B, CYP1C1, and CYP1C2, from black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii), a dominant and economically important fish species in Korea. This species is at a significant risk of exposure to petrohydrocarbons, such as benzo[a]pyrene(B[a]P), due to frequent oil spills along the Korean coast.
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March 2020
Trichlorfon (TCF) is an organophosphate compound used extensively as an anti-parasitic in aquaculture. In this study, we investigated the effects of TCF on the antioxidant defense system, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, and stress responses in various tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.).
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July 2018
Trichlorfon is a moderately toxic organophosphate pesticide that is widely used in aquaculture. This study investigated the effects of trichlorfon on hematological parameters, biochemical factors, and stress reaction in Cyprinus carpio L. The fish were exposed to acute concentrations of trichlorfon (0, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhospholipase C gamma 1 and gamma 2 (PLCG1 and PLCG2) are influential in modulating Ca and diacylglycerol, second messengers involved in tyrosine kinase-dependent signaling, including growth factor activation. Here, we used RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) to clone cDNA encoding PLCG1 (PoPLCG1) and PLCG2 (PoPLCG2) in the olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). The respective 1313 and 1249 amino acid sequences share high identity with human PLCG1 and PLCG2, and contain the following domains: pleckstrin homology (PH), EF-hand, catalytic X and Y, Src homology 2 (SH2), Src homology 3 (SH3), and C2.
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