Comparative genomics of Aeromonas veronii: Identification of a pathotype impacting aquaculture globally.

ABSTRACT: Aeromonas veronii is a gram-negative species abundant in aquatic environments that causes disease in humans as well as terrestrial and aquatic animals. In the current study, 41 publicly available A. veronii genomes were compared to investigate distribution of putative virulence genes, global dissemination of pathotypes, and potential mechanisms of virulence. The complete genome of A. veronii strain ML09-123 from an outbreak of motile aeromonas septicemia in farm-raised catfish in the southeastern United States was included. Dissemination of A. veronii strain types was discovered in dispersed geographical locations. Isolate ML09-123 is highly similar to Chinese isolate TH0426, suggesting the two strains have a common origin and may represent a pathotype impacting aquaculture in both countri

SUBMITTER: Tekedar HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715197 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature