Author, as appears in the article.: Pérez L; Abarca ML; Latif-Eugenín F; Beaz-Hidalgo R; Figueras MJ; Domingo M
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: BEAZ HIDALGO, ROXANA / Figueras Salvat, María Josefa
Keywords: Virulence Veterinary Spain Sepsis Rpod Pneumonia, bacterial Pneumonia Phylogeny Pathogenicity Newborn New taxa Neonate Microbiology Mediterranean sea Marine ecosystem Mammalia Male Isolation and purification Grampus griseus Gram-negative bacterial infections Gram negative infection Genetics Dolphins Dolphin Classification Catalonia Case report Blood Bacterial pneumonia Bacteria (microorganisms) Animals, newborn Animals Animal Ani Aeromonas hydrophila Aeromonas dhakensis Aeromonas
Abstract: A neonate Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus was found stranded alive on a beach in Catalonia, Spain. Rehabilitation attempts were unsuccessful and it died 2 d later, showing pneumonia and sepsis. A pure bacterial culture was obtained from all tissues and blood and identified as Aeromonas hydrophila using the API 20NE. However, sequencing the rpoD gene showed that the strain in fact belongs to A. dhakensis, making this the first report of fatal haemorrhagic-necrotizing pneumonia and sepsis due to this species in a marine mammal. The A. dhakensis strain GMV-704 produced ?-haemolysis, possessed several virulence genes and showed sensitivity to several antimicrobials. This study provides a new potential host for A. dhakensis, and its potential virulence in dolphins and its presence in the marine environment may warrant considering this species a potential threat to marine mammals.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Veterinary sciences Saúde coletiva Odontología Medicine (all) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina i Marine & freshwater biology Geociências General medicine Fisheries Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Aquatic science
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 01775103
Author's mail: mariajose.figueras@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-2268-8980
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms. 116 (1): 69-74
APA: Pérez L; Abarca ML; Latif-Eugenín F; Beaz-Hidalgo R; Figueras MJ; Domingo M (2015). Aeromonas dhakensis pneumonia and sepsis in a neonate Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus from the Mediterranean Sea. Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms, 116(1), 69-74. DOI: 10.3354/dao02899
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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