Bacteriology of wild grey mullets, Mugil platanus Günther, from Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil

Sousa, José Américo de; Eiras, Jorge da Costa; Ranzani-Paiva, Maria José T; Alexandrino, Agar Costa

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000400015

Abstract

Bacterial strains isolated from the kidney and liver of grey mullets, Mugil platanus Giinther, 1880, captured in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil, in October 1996, belong to the genera Micrococcus, Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium, Aeromonas and Vibrio. The resistance/susceptibility patterns of the isolated micro-organisms to nine antimicrobial substances were determined, the more resistant bacteria had been Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium and Micrococcus. To the best of the authors knowledge this is the first bacteriological study done on Mugil platanus in Brazil.

Mugil platanus; grey mullets; fish; bacteriology; Brazil

Bacteriology of wild grey mullets, Mugil platanus Günther, from Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil

José Américo de Sousa^I; Jorge da Costa Eiras^I; Maria José T. Ranzani-Paiva^II; Agar Costa Alexandrino^II

^IDepartamento de Zoologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto. 4050 Porto, Portugal

^IIInstituto de Pesca. Avenida Francisco Matarazzo 455, 05031-900 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: mranzanipaiva@uol.com.br

ABSTRACT

Bacterial strains isolated from the kidney and liver of grey mullets, Mugil platanus Giinther, 1880, captured in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil, in October 1996, belong to the genera Micrococcus, Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium, Aeromonas and Vibrio. The resistance/susceptibility patterns of the isolated micro-organisms to nine antimicrobial substances were determined, the more resistant bacteria had been Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium and Micrococcus. To the best of the authors knowledge this is the first bacteriological study done on Mugil platanus in Brazil.

Key words: Mugil platanus, grey mullets, fish, bacteriology, Brazil.

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Recebido em 25.V.1998; aceito em 29.IX.1999.

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Cahill, M.M. 1990. Bacterial flora of fishes: a review. Microbiol. Ecol. 19: 21-41.
Conroy, G. & D.A. Conroy. 1984. Diseases and parasites detected in grey mullets (Mugilidae) from coastal waters of São Paulo State, Brazil. I. Adult silver mullet (Mugil curema Val., 1836). R. Ital. Piscicolt. Ittiopat. 19 (1): 14-28.
Conroy, G.; D.A. Conroy & P.S. Ceccarelli. 1985. Diseases and parasites detected in grey mullets (Mugilidae) from coastal waters of São Paulo State, Brazil. II. Juvenile silver mullet {Mugil curema Val., 1836). R. Ital. Piscicolt. Ittiopat. 20 (2): 74-76.
Eiras, J.C.; M.J.T. Ranzani-Paiva & A.J. Davies. 1995. Observations on Haemogregarina mugili (Apicomplexa) and Trypanosoma froesi (Sarcomastigophora) from the blood of Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 (Pisces: Mugilidae) in Brazil. Res. Rev. Parasitol. 55 (3): 173-176.
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Horsley, R.W. 1973. The bacterial flora of the Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar L.) in relation to its environment. Jour. Appl. Bacteriol. 36: 377-386.
Lima, D.F. 1976. Uma nova espécie de tripanosoma na tainha {Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz, 1929) (Pisces, Mugilidae). Rev. Brasil. Biol. 36: 167-169.
Pérez, A.C.A.; M.J.T. Ranzani-Paiva; S. Arana; J. Mandelli Jr.; M.H. Carvalho. 1996. Relato de carcinoma hepatocelular em tainha, Mugil platanus (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar da Cananéia (Lat. 25º00'S-Long. 47º55'W) Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Rev. Bras. Med. Vet. 18 (5): 206-210.
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______. 1995b. Células do sangue periférico e contagem diferencial de leucócitos de tainha, Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar da Cananéia - SP (Lat. 25º00'S-Long. 47º55'W). Bol. Inst. Pesca 22(1): 23-40.
Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T.; CM. Ishikawa; B.E.S. Campos & A.C. Eiras. 1997. Haematological characteristics associated with parasitism in mullets, Mugil platanus Günther, from the estuarine region of Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil. Revta bras. Zool. 14 (2): 329-339.
Sakata, T. 1989. Microflora of healthy animals, p. 141-163. In: Austin B & D.A. Austin (Eds). Methods for the microbiological examination of fish and shellfish. Chichester, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 384p.
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Sugita, H.; S. Ushioka; D. Kihara & Y. Deguchi. 1985. Changes in the bacterial composition of water in a carp rearing tank. Aquaculture 44: 243-247.
Thoesen, J.C. 1994. Suggested procedures for the detection and identification of certain finfish and shellfish pathogens. Bethesda, Fish Health Section, American Fisheries Society, 4 ed., 322p.
Toranzo, A.E.; A.M. Baya; J.L. Romalde & F.M. Hetrjck. 1989. Association of Aeromonas sobria with mortalities of adult gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum Lesueur. Jour. Fish Dis. 12: 439-448.
Toranzo, A.E.; J.L. Romalde; I. Bandín; Y. Santos & J.L. Barja. 1992. Evaluation of the sensitivity of bacterial fish pathogens to different antimicrobial compounds, p.315-325. In: C. Michel & D.J. Alderman (Eds). Chemotherapy in aquaculture: from theory to reality. Paris, Office International des Epizooties (OIE), 567p.
Toranzo, A.E.; B. Novoa; J.L. Romalde; S. Núñez; S. Devesa; E. Marino; R. Silva; E. Martínez; A. Figueras & J.L. Barja. 1993. Microflora associated with healthy and diseased turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) from three farms in northwest Spain. Aquaculture 114: 189-202.

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[1] Austin, B. & D. Allen-Austin. 1993. Bacterial fish pathogens. Disease in farmed and wild fish. Chichester, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 384p.

[2] Cahill, M.M. 1990. Bacterial flora of fishes: a review. Microbiol. Ecol. 19: 21-41.

[3] Conroy, G. & D.A. Conroy. 1984. Diseases and parasites detected in grey mullets (Mugilidae) from coastal waters of São Paulo State, Brazil. I. Adult silver mullet (Mugil curema Val., 1836). R. Ital. Piscicolt. Ittiopat. 19 (1): 14-28.

[4] Conroy, G.; D.A. Conroy & P.S. Ceccarelli. 1985. Diseases and parasites detected in grey mullets (Mugilidae) from coastal waters of São Paulo State, Brazil. II. Juvenile silver mullet {Mugil curema Val., 1836). R. Ital. Piscicolt. Ittiopat. 20 (2): 74-76.

[5] Eiras, J.C.; M.J.T. Ranzani-Paiva & A.J. Davies. 1995. Observations on Haemogregarina mugili (Apicomplexa) and Trypanosoma froesi (Sarcomastigophora) from the blood of Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 (Pisces: Mugilidae) in Brazil. Res. Rev. Parasitol. 55 (3): 173-176.

[6] Holt, J.G.; N.R. Krieg; P.H.A. Sneath; J.T. Staley S.T. & Williams. 1994. Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 9^th ed., 787p.

[7] Horsley, R.W. 1973. The bacterial flora of the Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar L.) in relation to its environment. Jour. Appl. Bacteriol. 36: 377-386.

[8] Lima, D.F. 1976. Uma nova espécie de tripanosoma na tainha {Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz, 1929) (Pisces, Mugilidae). Rev. Brasil. Biol. 36: 167-169.

[9] Pérez, A.C.A.; M.J.T. Ranzani-Paiva; S. Arana; J. Mandelli Jr.; M.H. Carvalho. 1996. Relato de carcinoma hepatocelular em tainha, Mugil platanus (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar da Cananéia (Lat. 25º00'S-Long. 47º55'W) Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Rev. Bras. Med. Vet. 18 (5): 206-210.

[10] Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T. 1995a. Características hematológicas de tainha, Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar da Cananéia - SP (Lat. 25º00'S-Long. 47º55'W). Bol.Inst. Pesca 22 (1): 1-22.

[11] ______. 1995b. Células do sangue periférico e contagem diferencial de leucócitos de tainha, Mugil platanus Günther, 1880 (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) da região estuarino-lagunar da Cananéia - SP (Lat. 25º00'S-Long. 47º55'W). Bol. Inst. Pesca 22(1): 23-40.

[12] Ranzani-Paiva, M.J.T.; CM. Ishikawa; B.E.S. Campos & A.C. Eiras. 1997. Haematological characteristics associated with parasitism in mullets, Mugil platanus Günther, from the estuarine region of Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil. Revta bras. Zool. 14 (2): 329-339.

[13] Sakata, T. 1989. Microflora of healthy animals, p. 141-163. In: Austin B & D.A. Austin (Eds). Methods for the microbiological examination of fish and shellfish. Chichester, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 384p.

[14] Smibert, R.M. & Ñ.R. Krjeg. 1994. Phenotypic Characterization, p.607-654. In: P. Gerhardt; R.G.E. Murray; W.A. Wood & N.R. Krieg (Eds). Methods for general and molecular bacteriology. Washington, D.C., American Society for Microbiology, 791p.

[15] Sugita, H.; S. Ushioka; D. Kihara & Y. Deguchi. 1985. Changes in the bacterial composition of water in a carp rearing tank. Aquaculture 44: 243-247.

[16] Thoesen, J.C. 1994. Suggested procedures for the detection and identification of certain finfish and shellfish pathogens. Bethesda, Fish Health Section, American Fisheries Society, 4 ed., 322p.

[17] Toranzo, A.E.; A.M. Baya; J.L. Romalde & F.M. Hetrjck. 1989. Association of Aeromonas sobria with mortalities of adult gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum Lesueur. Jour. Fish Dis. 12: 439-448.

[18] Toranzo, A.E.; J.L. Romalde; I. Bandín; Y. Santos & J.L. Barja. 1992. Evaluation of the sensitivity of bacterial fish pathogens to different antimicrobial compounds, p.315-325. In: C. Michel & D.J. Alderman (Eds). Chemotherapy in aquaculture: from theory to reality. Paris, Office International des Epizooties (OIE), 567p.

[19] Toranzo, A.E.; B. Novoa; J.L. Romalde; S. Núñez; S. Devesa; E. Marino; R. Silva; E. Martínez; A. Figueras & J.L. Barja. 1993. Microflora associated with healthy and diseased turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) from three farms in northwest Spain. Aquaculture 114: 189-202.