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Seger A, Hallegraeff G, Stone DAJ, Bansemer MS, Harwood DT, Turnbull A. Uptake of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins by Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra rubra Leach) from direct exposure to Alexandrium catenella microalgal cells and toxic aquaculture feed. Harmful Algae 2020; 99:101925. [PMID: 33218447 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2020.101925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The Tasmanian abalone fishery represents the largest wild abalone resource in the world, supplying close to 25% of the annual wild-caught global harvest. Prompted by the need to manage Paralytic Shellfish Toxin (PST) contamination of Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra rubra) from east coast Tasmania, the uptake of toxins by this species is investigated in a land-based, controlled aquaculture setting. Abalone were exposed to either live Alexandrium catenella microalgal cultures or PST contaminated feed pellets during a 28 day exposure period and toxins quantified in viscera, foot muscle and epipodium tissues. PST profiles of abalone foot tissues were dominated by saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin, whilst viscera more closely resembled those of the toxin source (A. catenella cells rich in gonyautoxin 1&4 and 2&3 or feed pellets containing A. catenella extracts rich in these analogues). This indicates direct uptake of PST in the viscera via browsing/grazing on the pellet and /or sedimented microalgal cells. After exposure to A. catenella cell culture, PST concentrations in the foot (muscle + epipodium) were on average 8 times higher than in the viscera. Higher toxicity of foot tissue was caused by higher PST content of the epipodium (up to 1,085 µg STX.2HCl equiv. kg-1), which despite its small contribution to total animal weight significantly added to the overall toxin burden. Higher PST levels in the abalone foot suggest that toxin monitoring programmes may not need to routinely analyse both foot and viscera, potentially allowing for a 50% reduction of analytical costs. This option is being further investigated with continuing field studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andreas Seger
- South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Seafood Safety and Market Access, 2B Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, 5064, Australia; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, Aquatic Sciences, 2 Hamra Avenue, West Beach, 5024, Australia
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, Aquatic Sciences, 2 Hamra Avenue, West Beach, 5024, Australia; Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, Fisheries and Aquaculture, 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- Cawthron Institute, 98 Halifax Street, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Seafood Safety and Market Access, 2B Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, 5064, Australia; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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Legrand TPRA, Catalano SR, Wos-Oxley ML, Stephens F, Landos M, Bansemer MS, Stone DAJ, Qin JG, Oxley APA. The Inner Workings of the Outer Surface: Skin and Gill Microbiota as Indicators of Changing Gut Health in Yellowtail Kingfish. Front Microbiol 2018; 8:2664. [PMID: 29379473 PMCID: PMC5775239 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The mucosal surfaces and associated microbiota of fish are an important primary barrier and provide the first line of defense against potential pathogens. An understanding of the skin and gill microbial assemblages and the factors which drive their composition may provide useful insights into the broad dynamics of fish host–microbial relationships, and may reveal underlying changes in health status. This is particularly pertinent to cultivated systems whereby various stressors may led to conditions (like enteritis) which impinge on productivity. As an economically important species, we assessed whether the outer-surface bacterial communities reflect a change in gut health status of cultivated Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi). Active bacterial assemblages were surveyed from RNA extracts from swabs of the skin and gills by constructing Illumina 16S rRNA gene amplicon libraries. Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were predominant in both the skin and gills, with enrichment of key β-proteobacteria in the gills (Nitrosomonadales and Ferrovales). Fish exhibiting early stage chronic lymphocytic enteritis comprised markedly different global bacterial assemblages compared to those deemed healthy and exhibiting late stages of the disease. This corresponded to an overall loss of diversity and enrichment of Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria, particularly in the gills. In contrast, bacterial assemblages of fish with late stage enteritis were generally similar to those of healthy individuals, though with some distinct taxa. In conclusion, gut health status is an important factor which defines the skin and gill bacterial assemblages of fish and likely reflects changes in immune states and barrier systems during the early onset of conditions like enteritis. This study represents the first to investigate the microbiota of the outer mucosal surfaces of fish in response to underlying chronic gut enteritis, revealing potential biomarkers for assessing fish health in commercial aquaculture systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thibault P R A Legrand
- Aquatic Sciences Centre, South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, SA, Australia.,School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Aquatic Sciences Centre, South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, SA, Australia
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- Research Group Microbial Interactions and Processes, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd., East Ballina, NSW, Australia
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- Aquatic Sciences Centre, South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, SA, Australia
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- Aquatic Sciences Centre, South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, SA, Australia.,School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Aquatic Sciences Centre, South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, SA, Australia
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