Chemotaxis of pathogenic Vibrio strains towards mucus surfaces of gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata L.)

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1998 Apr;64(4):1573-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.64.4.1573-1575.1998.

Abstract

Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio alginolyticus exhibited significant adhesion to and chemotactic abilities towards mucus collected from the skin, gills, and intestine of gilt-head sea bream. Quadratic polynomial models for chemotaxis designed to estimate the influence of temperature demonstrated a differential bacterial chemotaxis depending of the source of the mucus, with the chemotaxis towards intestinal mucus being the least influenced.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Chemotaxis
  • Fish Diseases / microbiology
  • Gills / microbiology
  • Intestines / microbiology
  • Mucus / microbiology
  • Perciformes / microbiology*
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Temperature
  • Vibrio / pathogenicity*
  • Vibrio / physiology*
  • Vibrio Infections / microbiology
  • Vibrio Infections / veterinary