BACKGROUND Edwardsiella tarda, is a serious bacterial pathogen affecting a broad range of aquaculture fish species. The bacterium has also been reported as a human pathogen, however recent studies have dissociated the fish pathogenic Edwardsiella from those isolated from humans by placing them in a new species, E. piscicida. Here we report the first case of Edwardsiellosis in cultured sharpsnou...

The Type III secretion system is essential for intracellular replication of Edwardsiella tarda in phagocytes of fish and mammals. We identified the secreted proteins of the Type III secretion system by comparing the wild-type strain and the Type III mutant mET1229. The wild-type strain secreted 55, 25, and 22 kDa proteins into the culture supernatant, whereas the Type III mutant did not. These ...

Barriers to cultivation activities are disease attacks, one of which is caused by infection with the bacterium Edwardsiella tarda. Treatment efforts can be made using natural ingredients such as jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) leaves. This study aims determine content antibacterial compounds in leaves crude extract and their effect on tarda bacteria vitro. The inhibition test used disc five differ...

The PhoP-PhoQ two-component system is commonly used by bacteria to sense environmental factors. Here, we show that the PhoP-PhoQ system of Edwardsiella tarda detects changes in environmental temperature and Mg concentration, as well as regulates the type III and VI secretion systems through direct activation of esrB. Protein secretion is activated from 23C to 35C or at low Mg concentrations but...

In an attempt to develop attenuated bacteria as potential live vaccines, four chemicals (gossypol, proflavine hemisulfate, novobiocin, and ciprofloxacin) were used to modify the following four genera of bacteria through chemical-resistance strategy: (1) Aeromonas hydrophila (9 isolates); (2) Edwardsiella tarda (9 isolates); (3) Streptococcus iniae (9 isolates); and (4) S. agalactiae (11 isolate...