Review Article

Photobacteriosis: Prevention and Diagnosis

Table 1

Overview of vaccines against Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida.

Type of vaccineType of productVaccination procedureSpecies References

LipoproteinRecombinant subunit vaccineExperimentalInjection Sea bassAndreoni et al. [40]

rHSP60, rENOLASE, and rGAPDH antigens, singles or in combination Recombinant subunit vaccineExperimentalInjection CobiaHo et al. [4] and Ho et al. [41]

Formalin-killed bacterin overexpressing a 97 kDa OMP and 52 kDa ECPInactivatedLicensedImmersionSea bass and yellowtailBarnes et al. [2]

Formalin-killed bacterin with Escherichia coli LPSInactivatedExperimentalImmersionSea breamHanif et al. [38]

Live attenuated aroA mutantLive attenuatedExperimentalInjection or immersionHybrid striped bassThune et al. [37]

Formalin-killed bacterin, ECP, and crude capsular polysaccharide (cCPS)InactivatedExperimentalInjection, immersion, and oralSea bassBakopoulos et al. [36]

LPS mixed with chloroform-killed bacterinInactivatedExperimentalInjection YellowtailKawakami et al. [35]

ECP-enriched formalin-inactivated bacterin InactivatedCommercialized ImmersionSea bass, sea bream, and sole Magariños et al. [39]

Live attenuated bacteria Live attenuatedExperimentalImmersionYellowtailKusuda and Hamaguchi [34]

Ribosomal antigensSubunit vaccineExperimentalInjectionYellowtailKusuda et al. [33]

LPS formulation Subunit vaccineExperimentalImmersion and spray methodsYellowtailFukuda and Kusuda [32]

Heat- and formalin-killed bacterinInactivatedExperimentalImmersion and oralYellowtailFukuda and Kusuda [29], Hamaguchi and Kusuda [30], and Kusuda and Salati [31]