Research
| Title： | First case ofShewanella indicaisolated from a Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) stranded in the northern Beibu Gulf, China |
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| First author： | Li, Jia; McLaughlin, Richard W.; Chen, Mo; Liu, Ying Li; Xie, Hia Xia; Wan, Xiao Ling; Zhou, Jun Ying; Zheng, Jin Song |
| Journal： | ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY |
| Years： | 2020 |
| DOI： | 10.1007/s10482-020-01444-z |
| Abstract： | The purpose of this study was to culture and characterise bacteria from an intact abscess on the skin of a dead Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) which stranded in the northern Beibu Gulf, China. To grow bacteria, samples from the abscess were added to blood agar. After incubation, yellowish mucous colonies were visualized. The bacterium was firstly recognised asShewanella algaeby the VITEK (R) 2 System. However, by using 16S rRNA gene sequencing the bacterium was finally identified asS. indica. To characterise the bacterium, antibiotic susceptibility and virulence factors, such as hemolysis and biofilm formation were investigated. The bacterium is capable of beta-hemolysis and biofilm formation and it is also sensitive to several different classes of antibiotics, such as beta-lactams, quinolones, and aminoglycosides. To date there have been no reports of this bacterium causing infections in humans or animals. However, in this study we described the first case ofS. indicaisolated from an intact abscess on the back of a Bryde's whale. |
