RT Journal Article
T1 Vibrio tapetis isolated from vesicular skin lesions in Dover sole Solea solea
A1 Declercq, Annelies M.
A1 Chiers, Koen
A1 Soetaert, M.
A1 Lasa González, Aide
A1 López Romalde, Jesús
A1 Polet, Hans
A1 Haesebrouck, Freddy
A1 Decostere, Annemie
K1 Vibrio tapetis
K1 Solea solea
K1 Skin vesicle
K1 Ulcer
AB Vibrio tapetis is primarily known as the causative agent for brown ring disease in bivalves, although it has been isolated from cultivated fish during mortalities on farms. Here we describe the first isolation of V. tapetis from wild-caught and subsequently captive-held Dover sole Solea solea. Pathological features consisted of multifocal circular greyish-white skin discolourations evolving into vesicular lesions and subsequent ulcerations on the pigmented side. On the non-pigmented side, multiple circular lesions—white at the center and red at the edges—were evident. Histological examination of the vesicular lesions revealed dermal fluid-filled spaces, collagen tissue necrosis and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate, with large numbers of small rod-shaped bacteria. In the deep skin lesions, loss of scales and dermal connective tissue, with degeneration and fragmentation of the myofibres bordering the ulceration, were noted. Serotyping, DNA-DNA hybridization and REP- and ERIC-PCR techniques showed that the retrieved isolates displayed a profile similar to the representative strain of genotype/serotype O2 which originally was isolated from carpet-shell clam Venerupis decussata and to which isolates obtained from wedge sole Dicologoglossa cuneata were also closely related.
PB Inter-Research Science Publisher
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46873
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46873
LA eng
NO Declercq AM, Chiers K, Soetaert M, Lasa A, Romalde JL, Polet H, Haesebrouck F, Decostere A (2015) Vibrio tapetis isolated from vesicular skin lesions in Dover sole Solea solea. Dis Aquat Org 115:81-86 https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02880
NO This research was supported by a PhD grant from the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen). Additional support was given by the Flemish Scientific Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) and the European Fisheries Fund (EVF). The supply of wild animals was facilitated by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and the crews of the RV ‘Simon Stevin’ and RV ‘Belgica’.
DS Minerva
RD 5 may 2026