MQM1, a bacteriophage infecting strains of Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida carrying Prophage 3. 2023

Nava Hosseini, and Valérie E Paquet, and Pierre-Étienne Marcoux, and Charles-Antoine Alain, and Maude F Paquet, and Sylvain Moineau, and Steve J Charette
Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.; Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.. Electronic address: nava.hosseini.1@ulaval.ca.

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida is a Gam-negative bacterium responsible for furunculosis in fish. Because this aquatic bacterial pathogen has a rich reservoir of antibiotic-resistant genes, it is essential to investigate antibacterial alternatives, including the use of phages. Yet, we have previously demonstrated the inefficiency of a phage cocktail designed against A. salmonicida subsp. salmonicida strains due to a phage resistance phenotype associated to a prophage, namely Prophage 3. To bypass this resistance, one of the solutions is to isolate novel phages capable of infecting Prophage 3-bearing strains. Here we report on the isolation and characterization of the new virulent phage vB_AsaP_MQM1 (or MQM1), which is highly specific to A. salmonicida subsp. salmonicida strains. Phage MQM1 inhibited the growth of 01-B516, a strain carrying Prophage 3, including when combined to the previous phage cocktail. MQM1 infected 26 out of the 30 (87%) Prophage 3-bearing strains tested. Its linear dsDNA genome contains 63,343 bp, with a GC content of 50.2%. MQM1 genome can encode 88 proteins and 8 tRNAs, while no integrase or transposase-encoding genes were found. This podophage has an icosahedral capsid and a non-contractile short tail. We suggest that MQM1 may be a good addition to future phage cocktails against furunculosis to resolve the Prophage 3-resistance issue.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005399 Fishes A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
D005667 Furunculosis A persistent skin infection marked by the presence of furuncles, often chronic and recurrent. In humans, the causative agent is various species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS. In salmonid fish (SALMONIDS), the pathogen is AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA. Boils,Furuncles
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001435 Bacteriophages Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells. Phages,Bacteriophage,Phage
D048409 Aeromonas salmonicida A species of gram-negative bacteria, in the family Aeromonadaceae. It is strictly parasitic and often pathogenic causing FURUNCULOSIS in SALMONIDS and ulcer disease in GOLDFISH.
D039002 Prophages Genomes of temperate BACTERIOPHAGES integrated into the DNA of their bacterial host cell. The prophages can be duplicated for many cell generations until some stimulus induces its activation and virulence. Prophage

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