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SLOVENIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH
Volume 55, Issue 4, Pages 235-243Publisher
UNIV LJUBLJANA, VETERINARY FACULTY
DOI: 10.26873/SVR-440-2018
Keywords
Rutilus frisii kutum; skin mucus; bactericidal activity; antifungal activity; fish
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
- Fondos Europeos de Desarrollo Regional/European Regional Development Funds [AGL2014-51839-C5-1-R]
- Fundacion Seneca de la Region de Murcia (Grupo de Excelencia) [19883/GERM/15]
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The mucus layer covering the surface of fish contain a high number of antimicrobial compounds that provide a first line of defense against aquatic pathogens. In the present study, bactericidal activity present on skin mucus of Caspian kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum) broodstock was tested against six pathogenic bacterial strains (Streptococcus iniae, Yersinia ruckeri, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia cola Furthermore, fungicidal activity was assessed against four pathogenic fungi (Saprolegnia sp., Fusarium solani, Candida albicans and Aspergillus flavus). Maximum and minimum antibacterial activity was observed against Y. ruckeri and S. iniae, respectively, while maximum and minimun fungicidal activty was detected against F. solani and C. albicans, respectively. Curiously, antimicrobial activity was higher in the fish mucus of female than male against most tested strains. In addition, minimum inhibitory concentration test showed that minimum concentrations of mucus ranged between 125 to 500 mu g/L were able to inhibit the growth of the selected bacterial and fungal pathogens. Alkaline phosphatase, lysozyme, protease and esterase activities were also studied on mucus samples being the observed activities very similar between both sexes, although higher lysozyme activity was detected in the mucus of female fish in comparison to the values recorded on male samples. Skin mucus of this fish species (especially females) could be a potential source of newer and more effective antibacterial components.
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