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The Infection of Heterosporis anguillarum in Cultured Shortfin Eel (Anguilla bicolor pacifica)

양식동남아산 뱀장어(Anguilla bicolor pacifica)의 Heterosporis anguillarum 감염

  • Kim, Jin-Do (Pathology Division, Aquaculture Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Do, Jeong-Wan (Pathology Division, Aquaculture Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Choi, Hye-Sung (Pathology Division, Aquaculture Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Jo, Hyae-In (Pathology Division, Aquaculture Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Lee, Nam-Sil (New strategy Research Center, NFRDI) ;
  • Kim, Young-Dae (Korea Fisheries Resource Agency)
  • 김진도 (국립수산과학원 병리연구과) ;
  • 도정완 (국립수산과학원 병리연구과) ;
  • 최혜승 (국립수산과학원 병리연구과) ;
  • 조혜인 (국립수산과학원 병리연구과) ;
  • 이남실 (국립수산과학원 전략연구단) ;
  • 김영대 (한국수산자원관리공단)
  • Received : 2014.10.20
  • Accepted : 2014.11.28
  • Published : 2014.12.31

Abstract

Shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor pacifica) is a species of commercial importance and its production is greatly affected due to the infection by Heterosporis anguillarum. In this study, we evaluated the effect of H. anguillarum infection on the growth of Shortfin eel. A disease that trunk muscle of cultured shortfin eel, Anguilla bicolor pacifica, were irregular and resulted in death, breakout of the commercial eel culture farm. We observed that the trunk muscle of infected eels were irregular and represented white or yellowish externally. Histopathologically, a great numbers of large or small spores and sporophorocysts were also observed in degenerated muscle layer. The cloning of specific gene of H. anguillarum, encoding small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU-rRNA) was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction(PCR) from the muscle lesion of diseased eel. The size of clone gene is well matched with the size of small subunit ribosomal RNA of H. anguillarum and thus confirming the infection by H. anguillarum.

최근 뱀장어 양식장에서 사육 중이던 동남아산 뱀장어에 몸통 근육의 요철현상을 나타내면서 폐사를 일으키는 질병이 발생하였다. 병어의 몸통 근육 내 환부는 흰색 또는 황색으로 변해있었다. 병리조직학적인 변화는 근조직내에 수많은 포자와 크고 작은 시스트들이 변형된 근육근섬유 내에 관찰되었다. 병어의 근육 환부를 취하여 PCR을 실시하여 H. anguillarum이 가지는 특정 유전자인 Small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU-rRNA)를 증폭하였다. 좀 더 정확한 동정을 위해 PCR product를 Cloning 후 Sequencing하여 서열들을 분석한 결과 H. anguillarum의 Small subunit ribosomal RNA (Gene bank accession number: AB623036) 서열과 일치하게 나타남을 확인할 수 있었다. primer 18F과 1537R의 PCR product는 약 1366 bp 길이가 일치하였으며, V1과 1392R를 이용한 PCR product는 1200 bp가 일치하게 나타났다. 또한 H1과 H2의 PCR product의 경우는 800 bp 정도 일치하였으며 이의 서열은 나머지 2개의 product가 공통적으로 가지고 있는 서열이었다. 이를 토대로 본 연구에서는 동남아산 뱀장어에 감염된 포자충은 H. anguillarum임을 동정할 수 있었다.

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