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dc.contributor.authorLaanto, Elina
dc.contributor.authorBamford, Jaana
dc.contributor.authorLaakso, Jouni
dc.contributor.authorSundberg, Lotta-Riina
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T09:42:51Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T09:42:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationLaanto, E., Bamford, J., Laakso, J., & Sundberg, L.-R. (2012). Phage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium. <i>PLoS One</i>, <i>7</i>(12), e53157. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053157" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053157</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_22115799
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_54103
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/42734
dc.description.abstractParasites provide a selective pressure during the evolution of their hosts, and mediate a range of effects on ecological communities. Due to their short generation time, host-parasite interactions may also drive the virulence of opportunistic bacteria. This is especially relevant in systems where high densities of hosts and parasites on different trophic levels (e.g. vertebrate hosts, their bacterial pathogens, and virus parasitizing bacteria) co-exist. In farmed salmonid fingerlings, Flavobacterium columnare is an emerging pathogen, and phage that infect F. columnare have been isolated. However, the impact of these phage on their host bacterium is not well understood. To study this, four strains of F. columnare were exposed to three isolates of lytic phage and the development of phage resistance and changes in colony morphology were monitored. Using zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model system, the ancestral rhizoid morphotypes were associated with a 25–100% mortality rate, whereas phage-resistant rough morphotypes that lost their virulence and gliding motility (which are key characteristics of the ancestral types), did not affect zebrafish survival. Both morphotypes maintained their colony morphologies over ten serial passages in liquid culture, except for the low-virulence strain, Os06, which changed morphology with each passage. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the effects of phage-host interactions in a commercially important fish pathogen where phage resistance directly correlates with a decline in bacterial virulence. These results suggest that phage can cause phenotypic changes in F. columnare outside the fish host, and antagonistic interactions between bacterial pathogens and their parasitic phage can favor low bacterial virulence under natural conditions. Furthermore, these results suggest that phage-based therapies can provide a disease management strategy for columnaris disease in aquaculture.fi
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPLoS One
dc.relation.urihttp://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0053157
dc.subject.otherGliding motility
dc.subject.otherphage
dc.subject.otherphage resistance
dc.titlePhage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201401011010
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.contributor.oppiaineSolu- ja molekyylibiologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineAkvaattiset tieteetfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineBiologisten vuorovaikutusten huippututkimusyksikköfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineCell and Molecular Biologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineAquatic Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineCentre of Excellence in Biological Interactions Researchen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2014-01-01T04:30:48Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerangee53157
dc.relation.issn1932-6203
dc.relation.numberinseries12
dc.relation.volume7
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2012 Laanto et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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dc.subject.ysoopportunismi
dc.subject.ysovirulenssi
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p20900
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p28481
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0053157
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© 2012 Laanto et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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