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Isolation and Identification of Dominant Spoilage Bacteria from Litopenaeus vannamei and Detection of Quorum Sensing Signaling Molecules

LI Can, ZHANG Yuchen, SUN Lijun*, WANG Yaling, LIANG Meijing, HU Hanqiao, XU Defeng, LIU Ying, YE Riying   

  1. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
  • Online:2016-04-25 Published:2016-04-13

Abstract:

This study was aimed at isolating, identifying the dominant spoilage bacteria from Litopenaeus vannamei using
an automatic biochemical identification system and 16S rDNA sequence, detecting the quorum sensing signaling molecules
acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs), autoinducer-2 (AI-2) and exploring the dynamic formation regularities with indicator
bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens JZA-1 and Vibrio harveyi BB170, respectively. Ten strains were selected and identified,
including Oceanisphaera profunda, Stapylococcus haemolyticus, Shewanella putrefaciens, Brevibacterium sp., Bacillus
siamensis, Exiguobacterium aaestuarii and four strains of the Proteus genus. All the Gram-negative spoilage organisms isolated
secreted signaling molecule AHLs while Proteus sp., Shewanella putrefaciens, Brevibacterium sp. and Bacillus siamensis secreted
signaling molecule AI-2. The AHLs activity of dominant spoilage organism was positively correlated with cell density. The AI-2
production was accumulated within the logarithmic phase and decreased rapidly from 24 h onwards.

Key words: Litopenaeus vannamei, dominant spoilage organism, quorurm sensing, signaling molecule

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