Polynucleotide Sequence Relationships Among Japanese and American Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Staley, T. E.; Colwell, Rita R.

doi:10.1128/jb.114.3.916-927.1973

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“…Obviously, the origin of these bacteriophages is obscurred because of our inadequate knowledge concerning the types, numbers, and activity of marine vibrios and their association with marine animals. Reliable taxonomic and physiological information exists only for the human and fish pathogenic species such as V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, and V. anguillarum (9,11,30). Among these species, only V. alginolyticus is significantly related to V. parahaemolyticus to the extent that they could share common phages.…”

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Incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Bacteriophages and Other Vibrio Bacteriophages in Marine Samples

Baross

Liston

Morita

1978

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Vibrio bacteriophages were isolated by enrichment from 177 of 643 samples of marine moiluscan shellfish, crustaceans, seawater, and sediments. The predominant bacteriophage types isolated were specific for some strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. A high frequency of phage isolations was also observed with strains of agar-digesting vibrios (21 of 56) and psychrophilic vibrios (14 of 72) that were originally isolated from non-shellfish growing areas. No bacteriophages were isolated against V. alginolyticus and only rarely for V. anguillarum even though these were the two most abundant species found in near-shore environments. No V. cholerae phages were isolated. It was also determined from quantitative studies on the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) obtained from two environments in Washington and Oregon that the titers of V. parahaemolyticus bacteriophages increased with increasing seasonal water temperatures and that this was proportional to the increase in numbers of mesophilic vibrios and not with the incidence of V. parahaemolyticus. Titers of V. parahaemolyticus bacteriophages occasionally exceeded 106 per g of oyster during the summer months. Specific V. parahaemolyticus bacteriophages were also isolated from market seafoods and other marine samples that originated in cold environments where no mesophilic vibrios are expected to be found. The possibility that V. parahaemolyticus bacteriophages originate from Vibrio spp. other than V. parahaemolyticus and the role of these bacteriophages in the ecology of marine vibrios are discussed.

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Incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Bacteriophages and Other Vibrio Bacteriophages in Marine Samples

Baross

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Morita

1978

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“…Taxonomic studies (2, 6,18,29,34) of genetic, biochemical, and physiological data clearly distinguish V. parahaemolyticus from V. alginolyticus, with differential taxonomic characteristics shown for isolates from geographically diverse areas. Here we report the results of analyses of taxonomic, ecological, pathogenic, and serologic data for 567 V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus isolates from seawater samples collected in Jakarta Bay and from seafood samples taken from markets in Jakarta, Indonesia.…”

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Characterization and distribution of Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in Indonesia

Molitoris¹,

Joseph²,

Krichevsky³

et al. 1985

Appl Environ Microbiol

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Previous studies have shown that Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus can be isolated from similar types of marine samples. In this report, the results of an examination of 567 V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus strains, isolated from seawater in Jakarta Bay and from more than 30 types of seafood from markets in Jakarta, Indonesia, are presented. Most isolates were from mackerel, shrimp, or squid. Numerical taxonomic analyses clustered 337 isolates and three V. alginolyticus reference strains at S 2 80%. These strains produced acid from sucrose, but only approximately 80% produced acetoin or grew in the presence of 10% NaCl. The frequency of occurrence of V. alginolyticus in seawater samples ranged from 0% (in February and March 1972) to 100% (in September and December 1972) and was highest in seafood samples from August to December 1972. A second cluster of 230 isolates and seven V. parahaemolyticus reference strains was observed at S-82%. These strains did not produce acetoin or acid from sucrose, and approximately 20% grew in the presence of 10% NaCI. V. parahaemolyticus was detected in seawater samples each month, with the highest frequency of occurrence (83.3%) in May 1972. Twenty-nine K antigen serotypes were demonstrated in V. parahaemolyticus isolates, and another 40% were untypable. The modal antibiotic resistance pattern for each species included five drugs. Only 12% of the V. parahaemolyticus strains were Kanagawa positive, and 10% elicited fluid accumulation in ligated rabbit ileal loops. All of the 7 V. alginolyticus strains and 94 (70%) of the V. parahaemolyticus strains tested killed mice when inoculated intraperitoneally. Both V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus were concluded to be indigenous to seawater and were frequently isolated from seafood in Jakarta, Indonesia. For this reason they should be of concern to clinicians and health authorities in this and other tropical areas.

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Nucleic Acid Reassociation as a Guide to Genetic Relatedness among Bacteria

Moore

1974

Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry

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Polynucleotide Sequence Relationships Among Japanese and American Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Bacteriophages and Other Vibrio Bacteriophages in Marine Samples

Incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Bacteriophages and Other Vibrio Bacteriophages in Marine Samples

Characterization and distribution of Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in Indonesia

Nucleic Acid Reassociation as a Guide to Genetic Relatedness among Bacteria

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