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Zhou L, Liu D, Zhu Y, Zhang Z, Chen S, Zhao G, Zheng H. Advance typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus through the mtlA and aer gene: A high-resolution, cost-effective approach. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25642. [PMID: 38356529 PMCID: PMC10865315 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a significant cause of foodborne illness, and its incidence worldwide is on the rise. It is thus imperative to develop a straightforward and efficient method for typing strains of this pathogen. In this study, we conducted a pangenome analysis of 75 complete genomes of V. parahaemolyticus and identified the core gene mtlA with the highest degree of variation, which distinguished 44 strains and outperformed traditional seven-gene-based MLST when combined with aer, another core gene with high degree of variation. The mtlA gene had higher resolution to type strains with a close relationship compared to the traditional MLST genes in the phylogenetic tree built by core genomes. Strong positive selection was also detected in the gene mtlA (ω > 1), representing adaptive and evolution in response to the environment. Therefore, the panel of gene mtlA and aer may serve as a tool for the typing of V. parahaemolyticus, potentially contributing to the prevention and control of this foodborne disease.
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- Lei Zhou
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies (SIBPT), Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies (SIBPT), Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai International Travel Healthcare Center, Shanghai Customs District PR China, Shanghai, 200335, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies (SIBPT), Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai International Travel Healthcare Center, Shanghai Customs District PR China, Shanghai, 200335, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies (SIBPT), Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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Abioye OE, Osunla CA, Nontongana N, Okoh AI. Occurrence of virulence determinants in vibrio cholerae, vibrio mimicus, vibrio alginolyticus, and vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from important water resources of Eastern Cape, South Africa. BMC Microbiol 2023; 23:316. [PMID: 37891478 PMCID: PMC10612165 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-023-03060-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Virulence determinants are crucial to the risk assessment of pathogens in an environment. This study investigated the presence of eleven key virulence-associated genes in Vibrio cholerae (n = 111) and Vibrio mimicus (n = 22) and eight virulence determinants in Vibrio alginolyticus (n = 65) and Vibrio parahaemolyticus (n = 17) isolated from six important water resources in Eastern Cape, South Africa, using PCR techniques. The multiple virulence gene indexes (MVGI) for sampling sites and isolates as well as hotspots for potential vibriosis outbreaks among sampling sites were determined statistically based on the comparison of MVGI. RESULT The PCR assay showed that all the V. cholerae isolates belong to non-O1/non-O139 serogroups. Of the isolates, Vibrio Cholera (84%), V. mimicus (73%), V. alginolyticus (91%) and V. parahaemolyticus (100%) isolates harboured at least one of the virulence-associated genes investigated. The virulence gene combinations detected in isolates varied at sampling site and across sites. Typical virulence-associated determinants of V. cholerae were detected in V. mimicus while that of V. parahaemolyticus were detected in V. alginolyticus. The isolates with the highest MVGI were recovered from three estuaries (Sunday river, Swartkopps river, buffalo river) and a freshwater resource (Lashinton river). The cumulative MVGI for V. cholerae, V. mimicus, V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus isolates were 0.34, 0.20, 0.45, and 0.40 respectively. The targeted Vibrio spp. in increasing order of the public health risk posed in our study areas based on the MVGI is V. alginolyticus > V. parahaemolyticus > V. cholerae > V. mimicus. Five (sites SR, PA5, PA6, EL4 and EL6) out of the seventeen sampling sites were detected as the hotspots for potential cholera-like infection and vibriosis outbreaks. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that humans having contact with water resources in our study areas are exposed to potential public health risks owing to the detection of virulent determinants in human pathogenic Vibrio spp. recovered from the water resources. The study affirms the relevancy of environmental Vibrio species to the epidemiology of vibriosis, cholera and cholera-like infections. Hence we suggest a monitoring program for human pathogenic Vibrio spp. in the environment most especially surface water that humans have contact with regularly.
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- Department of Microbiology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria
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- SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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- SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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Saetang J, Sukkapat P, Palamae S, Singh P, Senathipathi DN, Buatong J, Benjakul S. Multiplex PCR-Lateral Flow Dipstick Method for Detection of Thermostable Direct Hemolysin ( TDH) Producing V. parahaemolyticus. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:698. [PMID: 37504096 PMCID: PMC10377466 DOI: 10.3390/bios13070698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is usually found in seafood and causes acute gastroenteritis in humans. Therefore, a detection method of pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus is necessary. Multiplex PCR combined with lateral flow dipstick (LFD) assay was developed to detect pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus. Biotin-, FAM-, and Dig-conjugated primers targeting thermolabile hemolysin (TLH) and thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) genes were used for multiplex PCR amplification. The condition of the method was optimized and evaluated by agarose gel electrophoresis and universal lateral flow dipstick. The specificity assay was evaluated using strains belonging to seven foodborne pathogen species. The sensitivity of the method was also evaluated using DNA in the concentration range of 0.39-100 ng/reaction. The artificial spiking experiment was performed using 10 g of shrimp samples with an enrichment time of 0, 4, and 8 h with 101, 102, and 103 CFU of V. parahaemolyticus. The developed multiplex PCR-LFD assay showed no non-specific amplification with a limit of the detection of 0.78 ng DNA/reaction visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis and 0.39 ng DNA with LFD assay. The artificial spiking experiment demonstrated that this method could detect pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus at 10 CFU/10 g shrimp samples following a 4 h of enrichment. Multiplex PCR-LFD assay was therefore established for detecting pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus with high sensitivity and specificity and might be a useful tool to develop a detection kit used in the food safety sector.
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- Jirakrit Saetang
- International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla, Thailand
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- International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla, Thailand
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- International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Nutrition, and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla, Thailand
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- International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla, Thailand
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- International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Songkhla, Thailand
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Prithvisagar KS, Kodama T, Rai P, Deekshit VK, Karunasagar I, Karunasagar I, Ballamoole KK. Non-clinical isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus harbouring traits of potential pathogenicity and fitness: A molecular analysis. Microb Pathog 2023; 178:106069. [PMID: 36924901 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Here we investigated the distribution of virulence and fitness attributes V. parahaemolyticus isolated from marine environment (n = 105). We discovered ∼1% of isolates positive for tdh, 8.57% for trh, and 4.76% had tdh and trh genes. More than 50% of the isolates had pathogenicity islands specific to pandemic clones and secretion systems which are detected partially or entirely. VPaI-1 found in 59.04%; VPaI-4 in 60%; VPaI-5 in 34.28%; VPaI-2 in 99.04%; VPaI-3 in 91.42% and VPaI-6 in 99.04% isolates. Also, 34.28% of the isolates harboured T3SS2 encoding VPaI 7; T3SS1 in 98.09%; T6SS2 in 99.04% isolates and T6SS1 in 60.95% isolates. The cytotoxicity analysis showed a significant effect by causing when infected with trh+ environmental isolates. The expression of the trh, VopC, and VopA genes during infection showed a significant upregulation. This suggests the presence of virulence traits among V. parahaemolyticus that could threaten public health.
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- Kattapuni Suresh Prithvisagar
- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 853 8523, Japan
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, 575018, Karnataka, India.
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Zhong X, Pan Z, Mu Y, Zhu Y, Zhang Y, Ma J, Yang M, Yao H. Characterization and epidemiological analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from different marine products in East China. Int J Food Microbiol 2022; 380:109867. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Multilocus Sequence Typing and Virulence Potential of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Isolated from Aquatic Bird Feces. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0088622. [PMID: 35695558 PMCID: PMC9241773 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00886-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a Gram-negative, foodborne pathogenic bacterium that causes human gastroenteritis. This organism is ubiquitously present in the marine environment. Detection of V. parahaemolyticus in aquatic birds has been previously reported; however, the characterization of isolates of this bacterium recovered from these birds remains limited. The present study isolated and characterized V. parahaemolyticus from aquatic bird feces at the Bangpu Recreation Center (Samut Prakan province, Thailand) from 2016 to 2017, using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and genome analysis. The results showed that V. parahaemolyticus was present in 34.9% (76/218) of the collected bird fecal samples. Among the ldh-positive V. parahaemolyticus isolates (n = 308), 1% (3/308) were positive for tdh, 1.3% (4/308) were positive for trh, and 0.3% (1/308) were positive for both tdh and trh. In turn, the MLST analysis revealed that 49 selected V. parahaemolyticus isolates resolved to 36 STs, 26 of which were novel (72.2%). Moreover, a total of 10 identified STs were identical to globally reported pathogenic strains (ST1309, ST1919, ST491, ST799, and ST2516) and environmental strains (ST1879, ST985, ST288, ST1925, and ST260). The genome analysis of isolates possessing tdh and/or trh (ST985, ST1923, ST1924, ST1929 and ST2516) demonstrated that the organization of the T3SS2α and T3SS2β genes in bird fecal isolates were almost identical to those of human clinical strains posing public health concerns of pathogen dissemination in the recreational area. The results of this study suggest that aquatic birds are natural reservoirs of new strains with high genetic diversity and are alternative sources of potentially pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus in the marine environment. IMPORTANCE To our knowledge, infection of foodborne bacterium V. parahamolyticus occurs via the consumption of undercooked seafood contaminated with pathogenic strains. Aquatic bird is a neglectable source that can transmit V. parahaemolyticus along coastal areas. This study reported the detection of potentially pathogenic V. parahamolyticus harboring virulence genes from aquatic bird feces at the recreational center situated near the Gulf of Thailand. These strains shared identical genetic profile to the clinical isolates that previously reported in many countries. Furthermore, the strains from aquatic birds showed extremely high genetic diversity. Our research pointed out that the aquatic bird is possibly involved in the evolution of novel strains of V. parahaemolyticus and play a role in dissimilation of the potentially pathogenic strains across geographical distance.
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Billaud M, Seneca F, Tambutté E, Czerucka D. An Increase of Seawater Temperature Upregulates the Expression of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Virulence Factors Implicated in Adhesion and Biofilm Formation. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:840628. [PMID: 35350627 PMCID: PMC8957992 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.840628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Climate change driven seawater temperature (SWT) increases results in greater abundance and geographical expansion of marine pathogens, among which Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) causes serious economic and health issues. In addition, plastic pollution in the ocean constitutes a vector for harmful pathogens dissemination. We investigate the effect of elevated SWT on the expression of genes implicated in adhesion and biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces in the clinical Vp strain RIMD2210633, which expresses hemolysins. Among the genes studied, the multivalent adhesion molecule-7 and the GlcNAc-binding protein A were involved in the adhesion of Vp to abiotic and biotic surfaces, whereas the type IV pili, the mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin, and the chitin-regulated pilins facilitate attachment and biofilm formation. Data presented here show that at 21°C, Vp is still viable but does not either proliferate or express the virulence factors studied. Interestingly, at 27°C and as early as 1 h of incubation, all factors are transiently expressed in free-living bacteria only and even more upregulated at 31°C. These results clearly show that increased SWT has an important impact on the adhesion properties of free-living Vp to plastic support and thus emphasize the role of climate change in the spread of this pathogenic bacteria.
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- Mélanie Billaud
- Biomedical Department, Scientific Center of Monaco, Monaco, Monaco
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- Biomedical Department, Scientific Center of Monaco, Monaco, Monaco
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- Marine Biology Department, Scientific Center of Monaco, Monaco, Monaco
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- Biomedical Department, Scientific Center of Monaco, Monaco, Monaco
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Feng L, Xu M, Zhu J, Lu H. Genetic Basis of High-Pressure Tolerance of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus Mutant and Its Pathogenicity. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:827856. [PMID: 35432286 PMCID: PMC9008460 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.827856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Foodborne pathogens with high-pressure processing (HPP) tolerance and their pathogenicity have gained considerable attention in the field of food safety. However, tolerance to pressure treatment varies among microorganisms and growth phases, and the mechanism by which Vibrio parahaemolyticus can become tolerant of HPP is currently not known. In this study, 183 strains of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from seafood products, and one strain, C4, carried a thermostable direct hemolysin (tdh) gene. A strain, N11, which was acquired from the C4 strain through adaptive laboratory evolution under HPP stress, could tolerate up to 200 MPa for 10 min. Compared with the C4 strain, the catalase and Na+/K+-ATPase activities in N11 strain were increased by about 2–3 times, and the cells maintained an intact cell membrane structure under HPP treatment. As shown by murine infection trials, the C4 and N11 strains impacted the physiological activities of mice and damaged liver and spleen cells. Comparative genomic analysis showed that 19 nucleotides were mutated in the N11 strain, which led to sustained high expression of mlaC and mlaD genes in this strain. Knockout of these genes confirmed that they were involved in the high-pressure stress response, and also related to pathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus. Thereby, our findings revealed a HPP tolerance mechanism of V. parahaemolyticus, and the high-pressure-tolerant strain still retained pathogenicity in mice with skin and fur pleating and lethargy, indicating the pressure-tolerant foodborne pathogens present health risks.
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Prithvisagar KS, Krishna Kumar B, Kodama T, Rai P, Iida T, Karunasagar I, Karunasagar I. Whole genome analysis unveils genetic diversity and potential virulence determinants in Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with disease outbreak among cultured Litopenaeus vannamei (Pacific white shrimp) in India. Virulence 2021; 12:1936-1949. [PMID: 34415829 PMCID: PMC8381830 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1947448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus has caused widespread mortality in Indian shrimp aquaculture in recent years. However, there are insufficient genome data for the isolates from Indian shrimp vibriosis to analyze genetic diversity and track the acquisition of genetic features that could be involved in virulence and fitness. In this study, we have performed genome analysis of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from moribund shrimps collected from shrimp farms along coastal Karnataka, India, for better understanding of their diversity and virulence. Five newly sequenced genomes of V. parahaemolyticus along with 40 genomes retrieved from NCBI were subjected to comparative genome analysis. The sequenced genomes had an overall genome size of 5.2 Mb. MLST analysis and core genome phylogenomic analysis revealed considerable genetic diversity among the isolates obtained from the moribund shrimps. Interestingly, none of the V. parahaemolyticus isolates possessed the classical features (PirAB) of the strains associated with Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND). This study also revealed the presence of multiple virulence attributes, including ZOT, ACE and RTX toxins, secretion systems, and mobile genetic elements. The findings of this study provide insights into the possible transition of an environmental V. parahaemolyticus to emerge as pathogens of aquaculture species by increasing its virulence and host adaptation. Future studies focusing on continuous genomic surveillance of V. parahaemolyticus are required to study the evolution and transmission of new variants in shrimp aquaculture, as well as to design and implement biosecurity programs to prevent disease outbreaks.
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- Kattapuni Suresh Prithvisagar
- Nitte (Deemed to Be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru-Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to Be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru-Karnataka, India
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- Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki Japan
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- Nitte (Deemed to Be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru-Karnataka, India
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- Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Nitte (Deemed to Be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru-Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to Be University), Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research, Deralakatte, Mangaluru-Karnataka, India
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Yang Q, Wang Q, Wu J, Zhang Y, Wei D, Qu B, Liu Y, Fu S. Distinct dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus populations in two farming models. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 133:1146-1155. [PMID: 34260793 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Despite the recent prosperity of shrimp cultivation in China, very little is known about how different shrimp farming models influence the dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus populations and the antibiotic resistance of this bacterium. METHODS AND RESULTS To this end, we conducted continuous surveillance of V. parahaemolyticus on four farms over 3 years: two traditional shrimp farms with daily water exchange and two farms operated in the recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). No antibiotics were used in these farms to exclude the potential impacts of antibiotics on the emergence of antibacterial resistance. Multilocus sequence typing was utilized to characterize the dynamics of V. parahaemolyticus populations. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was conducted to determine the representative sequence types (STs) at each farm. Results revealed that the population structure of V. parahaemolyticus remained stable over time in both RAS farms, with only nine and four STs observed at each. In contrast, annual replacement of V. parahaemolyticus populations was observed in traditional farms with 26 and 28 STs identified in rearing water. WGS of 50 isolates divided them into five clusters, of which ST917a isolates harboured a genomic island that disrupted the gene recA. Pair-wised genomic comparison of isolates from the same STs showed that they were genetically related but belonged to different clones associated with geographical distribution. CONCLUSIONS These results suggested that RAS presented a specific ecological niche by minimizing the water exchanges with the external environment. In contrast, traditional farming might pose a food safety issue by introducing new V. parahaemolyticus populations with antibiotic resistance genes. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Our results expose the potential food safety issue associated with conventional agriculture and should encourage the development of preventive strategies to reduce the emergence of resistant V. parahaemolyticus populations.
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- Qian Yang
- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture (KLECA), Ministry of Education, Dalian, China
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- College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture (KLECA), Ministry of Education, Dalian, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture (KLECA), Ministry of Education, Dalian, China
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- College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture (KLECA), Ministry of Education, Dalian, China
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- College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture (KLECA), Ministry of Education, Dalian, China
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Li Z, Guan H, Wang W, Gao H, Feng W, Li J, Diao B, Zhao H, Kan B, Zhang J. Development of a Rapid and Fully Automated Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Identification and Differentiation of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus on the BD MAX Platform. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:639473. [PMID: 33718286 PMCID: PMC7947656 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.639473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are common diarrheal pathogens of great public health concern. A multiplex TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay was developed on the BD MAX platform; this assay can simultaneously detect and differentiate V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus directly from human fecal specimens. The assay includes two reactions. One reaction, BDM-VC, targets the gene ompW, the cholera toxin (CT) coding gene ctxA, the O1 serogroup specific gene rfbN, and the O139 serogroup specific gene wbfR of V. cholerae. The other, BDM-VP, targets the gene toxR and the toxin coding genes tdh and trh of V. parahaemolyticus. In addition, each reaction contains a sample process control. When evaluated with spiked stool samples, the detection limit of the BD MAX assay was 195–780 CFU/ml for V. cholerae and 46–184 CFU/ml for V. parahaemolyticus, and the amplification efficiency of all genes was between 95 and 115%. The assay showed 100% analytical specificity, using 63 isolates. The BD MAX assay was evaluated for its performance compared with conventional real-time PCR after automated DNA extraction steps, using 164 retrospective stool samples. The overall percent agreement between the BD MAX assay and real-time PCR was ≥ 98.8%; the positive percent agreement was 85.7% for ompW, 100% for toxR/tdh, and lower (66.7%) for trh because of a false negative. This is the first report to evaluate the usage of the BD MAX open system in detection and differentiation of V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus directly from human samples.
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- Zhenpeng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Chen H, Dong S, Yan Y, Zhan L, Zhang J, Chen J, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Mei L. Prevalence and Population Analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Freshwater Fish in Zhejiang Province, China. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2021; 18:139-146. [PMID: 33493422 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2020.2798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objectives: The previous researches revealed that Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been detected in freshwater fish samples. However, the molecular characteristics of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from freshwater fish, including pathogenic and pandemic strains, are still unknown. This study aims to characterize and identify molecular properties of the bacterium. In addition, it identifies the source of V. parahaemolyticus from freshwater fish samples in Zhejiang Province, China. Methods: Four hundred and twenty-one freshwater fish samples (from fishing farms, retail markets, and restaurants) and 212 seafood samples (from retail markets) were collected in 10 cities of Zhejiang Province. V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from these samples and comparatively analyzed by multilocus sequence typing, serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility test, and polymerase chain reaction, targeting common toxin genes (tdh, trh) and markers for pandemic strains (orf8, toxRS/new). Results: Sixty-eight V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from the 421 freshwater fish samples, and 89 V. parahaemolyticus isolates were identified out of 212 seafood samples. The detection rate of V. parahaemolyticus was significantly different (p < 0.05) between the fishing farms, the retail markets, and the restaurants. The isolates from freshwater fish samples were divided into eight O serotypes with three O3:K6 isolates, which contain three pandemic complexes (tdh+, orf8+, toxRS/new+). A total of 53 different sequence types (STs) were identified among the 68 isolates, including 28 novel STs. Antimicrobial susceptibility results indicated that 76.5% of the strains were resistant to ampicillin. A third (3/9) of the isolates from fishing farm sources shared the same STs with their counterparts from retail markets. Compared with the isolates from the seafood samples collected in the same sampling sites, 13.2% (9/68) freshwater fish isolates overlapped with seafood isolates. Conclusions: Our study showed that V. parahaemolyticus population in freshwater fish is genetically diverse. The V. parahaemolyticus contaminates might have come from both fishing farm sources and cross-contamination from seafood in the closed area at the markets. Freshwater fish may work as a reservoir of pathogenic and pandemic V. parahaemolyticus isolates, indicating potential public health and food safety risks associated with the consumption of freshwater fish.
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- Honghu Chen
- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Health Science Department, Sargent College, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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Chonsin K, Supha N, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y, Suthienkul O. Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated from clinically asymptomatic seafood workers. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2020; 368:6035238. [PMID: 33320939 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnaa209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) is a major cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks in Thailand and other countries due to the consumption of contaminated and undercooked seafood. However, there have been few reports of the molecular epidemiology of VP isolates from asymptomatic seafood handlers. Here, we report the phenotypic and genetic characterization of 61 VP isolates obtained from asymptomatic workers in two seafood-processing plants. We found 24 O:K serotypes, of which O11:KUT, O1:KUT and O3:KUT were the dominant serotypes. Analysis by PCR showed that 12 isolates harbored either tdh or trh genes with the potential to be pathogenic VP strains. The presence of T3SS2α and T3SS2β genes was correlated with the presence of tdh and trh, respectively. Four tdh+ isolates were positive for pandemic marker. In this study, VP isolates were commonly resistant to ampicillin, cephazolin, fosfomycin and novobiocin. Phylogenetic analysis of VP1680 loci in 35 isolates from 17 asymptomatic workers, 6 gastroenteritis patients, 7 environmental samples and 5 genomes from a database showed 22 different alleles. Gene VP1680 was conserved in tdh+ isolates and pandemic strains, while that of trh + isolates was diverse. Asymptomatic workers carrying VP were the most likely source of contamination, which raises concerns over food safety in seafood-processing plants.
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- Kaknokrat Chonsin
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Suratthani Rajabhat University, Surat Thani 84100, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Guan H, Xue P, Zhou H, Sha D, Wang D, Gao H, Li J, Diao B, Zhao H, Kan B, Zhang J. A multiplex PCR assay for the detection of five human pathogenic Vibrio species and Plesiomonas. Mol Cell Probes 2020; 55:101689. [PMID: 33338586 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2020.101689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A multiplex PCR (mPCR) assay was established to detect five pathogenic Vibrio species and Plesiomonas shigelloides. Twelve genes were included: ompW, ctxA, rfbN, and wbfR from V. cholerae; tl, tdh, and trh from V. parahaemolyticus; toxR and vmhA from V. mimicus; toxR from V. fluvialis; vvhA from V. vulnificus; and the 23S rRNA gene from P. shigelloides. The specificity of the mPCR assay was 100% for the detection of 136 strains and the limits of detection (LoD) were 12.5-50 pg/reaction. The assay exhibited higher sensitivity than cultivation methods in the detection of APW cultures of 113 diarrhea samples. In the analysis of 369 suspected Vibrio populations from estuarine water samples, the specificity of the mPCR for V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus was 100% for both, while the sensitivities were 100% and 96.1%, respectively. The assay can be applied to screen enrichment cultures and suspected colonies from environmental and clinical samples.
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- Hongxia Guan
- Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, 214023, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, 214023, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Jiang H, Yu T, Yang Y, Yu S, Wu J, Lin R, Li Y, Fang J, Zhu C. Co-occurrence of Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance and Sequence Type Diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated From Penaeus vannamei at Freshwater Farms, Seawater Farms, and Markets in Zhejiang Province, China. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1294. [PMID: 32676056 PMCID: PMC7333440 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of seafood-borne bacterial poisoning in China and is a threat to human health worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the antibiotic resistance profiles and distribution of heavy metal resistance of V. parahaemolyticus isolates from Penaeus vannamei from freshwater farms, seawater farms, and their corresponding markets in Zhejiang, China and to assess the relationship between multidrug resistance (MDR) and multi-heavy metal resistance (MHMR). Of the 360 P. vannamei samples that we tested, 90 (25.00%) were V. parahaemolyticus positive, but the occurrence of pathogenic isolates carrying the toxin genes tdh (4.44%) and trh (3.33%) was low. None of the tested isolates harbored both the tdh and trh genes. However, antibiotic resistance profiles varied among different sampling locations, levels of resistance to the antibiotics ampicillin (76.67%) and streptomycin (74.44%) were high overall, and MDR isolates were common (40.00% of all isolates). Heavy metal resistance patterns were similar among the different sampling locations. Overall, the majority of V. parahaemolyticus isolates displayed tolerance to Cd2+ (60.00%), and fewer were resistant to Cu2+ (40.00%), Zn2+ (38.89%), Ni2+ (24.44%), Cr3+ (14.44%), and Co2+ (8.89%). In addition, 34.44% (31/90) of isolates tested in this study were found to be MHMR. Using Pearson's correlation analysis, MDR and MHMR were found to be positively correlated (P = 0.004; R = 0.759). The 18 V. parahaemolyticus isolates that were both MDR and MHMR represented 18 sequence types, of which 12 were novel to the PubMLST database, and displayed a high level of genetic diversity, suggesting that dissemination may be affected by mobile genetic elements via horizontal gene transfer. However, a low percentage of class 1 integrons without gene cassettes and no class 2 or 3 integrons were detected in the 18 MDR and MHMR isolates or in the 90 V. parahaemolyticus isolates overall. Thus, we suggest that future research focus on elucidating the mechanisms that lead to a high prevalence of resistance determinants in V. parahaemolyticus. The results of this study provide data that will support aquatic animal health management and food safety risk assessments in the aquaculture industry.
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- Han Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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Ndraha N, Wong HC, Hsiao HI. Managing the risk of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections associated with oyster consumption: A review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2020; 19:1187-1217. [PMID: 33331689 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a Gram-negative bacterium that is naturally present in the marine environment. Oysters, which are water filter feeders, may accumulate this pathogen in their soft tissues, thus increasing the risk of V. parahaemolyticus infection among people who consume oysters. In this review, factors affecting V. parahaemolyticus accumulation in oysters, the route of the pathogen from primary production to consumption, and the potential effects of climate change were discussed. In addition, intervention strategies for reducing accumulation of V. parahaemolyticus in oysters were presented. A literature review revealed the following information relevant to the present study: (a) managing the safety of oysters (for human consumption) from primary production to consumption remains a challenge, (b) there are multiple factors that influence the concentration of V. parahaemolyticus in oysters from primary production to consumption, (c) climate change could possibly affect the safety of oysters, both directly and indirectly, placing public health at risk, (d) many intervention strategies have been developed to control and/or reduce the concentration of V. parahaemolyticus in oysters to acceptable levels, but most of them are mainly focused on the downstream steps of the oyster supply chain, and (c) although available regulation and/or guidelines governing the safety of oyster consumption are mostly available in developed countries, limited food safety information is available in developing countries. The information provided in this review may serve as an early warning for managing the future effects of climate change on the safety of oyster consumption.
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- Nodali Ndraha
- Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (R.O.C.).,Institute of Food Safety and Risk Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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Shaheer P, Akhilnath PG, Sreejith VN, Joseph TC, Murugadas V, Lalitha KV. Strain variability and pathogenic potential of tdhcarrying Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from diseased Penaeus monodon. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2019; 137:41-46. [PMID: 31777398 DOI: 10.3354/dao03425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A disease outbreak in 42-d-old black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon juveniles from a commercial aquaculture farm in Kerala, India, was investigated. The cause of the disease outbreak was confirmed as Vibrio parahaemolyticus by biochemical tests, PCR targeting the toxR gene and pathogenicity testing of the isolates. All of the isolates tested negative by PCR specific for V. parahaemolyticus associated with acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), implicating vibriosis unrelated to AHPND as the cause of mortality. Among the 19 isolates obtained, 2 possessed the tdh gene (coding for thermo-stable hemolysin), whereas none of the isolates possessed trh. The LD50 value of 8 isolates of V. parahaemolyticus from diseased and apparently healthy shrimp ranged from 2.7 × 104 to 4.9 × 105 CFU ml-1 by immersion challenge of P. monodon postlarvae. BOX-PCR and dendrogram analysis of the bacterial isolates revealed that the isolates from moribund and apparently healthy shrimp formed separate clusters, indicating that these isolates originate from separate clones. The isolates from moribund shrimp including tdh-positive V. parahaemolyticus clustered together. The present study represents the first report of tdh-positive V. parahaemolyticus causing disease in a shrimp farm.
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- P Shaheer
- Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Matsyapuri P.O., Cochin 682029, Kerala, India
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Wang R, Deng Y, Sun L, Wang Y, Fang Z, Sun D, Deng Q, Gooneratne R. Growth and haemolytic activity of pathogenicVibriospecies in egg-fried-rice with different egg ratios. ACTA ALIMENTARIA 2019. [DOI: 10.1556/066.2019.48.2.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- R.D. Wang
- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Products of Guangdong Higher Education Institution 524088. China
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- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Canterbury. New Zealand
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Li Y, Zhang S, Li J, Chen M, He M, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Jing H, Ma H, Li Y, Zhao L, Zhao H, Kan B, Pang B. Application of digital PCR and next generation sequencing in the etiology investigation of a foodborne disease outbreak caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Food Microbiol 2019; 84:103233. [PMID: 31421792 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2019.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Globally, V. parahaemolyticus infection is a leading cause of bacterial diarrheal diseases. Pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus strains that produce hemolysins are responsible for these diseases. The composition of pathogenic and non-pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus and the change of the bacterial composition before and after traditional selective enrichment in a single sample associated with disease outbreak remain unclear. We investigated an outbreak by using next generation sequencing and digital PCR to address those questions. NGS showed that the V. parahaemolyticus caused the outbreak belonged to s single clone. In contrast, among the seven non-pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus isolated from the suspected food sample, 4 serotypes and 6 PFGE patterns were identified. And nearly 70,000 SNPs were identified among the non-pathogenic strains. This result confirmed that the outbreak was caused by V. parahaemolyticus. Furthermore, NGS results clearly showed the diversity of non-pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus in a single contaminated food sample. The ratios of non-pathogenic and pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus were 31.41 and 620.11 in the original and enriched food samples respectively showed by digital PCR. Meta-genomic data indicated the top 3 species were Weissella cibaria, Weissella confusa, and Enterobacter cloacae in the original food sample, and Vibrio sp Ex25, Vibrio sp 712i, and V. parahaemolyticus in the enriched sample. Therefore, the combing of NGS and digital PCR results showed that traditional Vibrio selective enrichment media could facilitate the growth of Vibrios, however, it provided no advantages to pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus. Hence, our results indicated that the traditional culture methods alone may lead to wrong conclusions and so improvements in culture methods are needed.
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- Ying Li
- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Research Center for Preventive Medicine of Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Xicheng District Chunshu Community Healthcare Center, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China; Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen, No. SZSM201811071, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China; Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen, No. SZSM201811071, Beijing, China.
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Li L, Meng H, Gu D, Li Y, Jia M. Molecular mechanisms of Vibrio parahaemolyticus pathogenesis. Microbiol Res 2019; 222:43-51. [PMID: 30928029 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a Gram-negative halophilic bacterium that is mainly distributed in the seafood such as fish, shrimps and shellfish throughout the world. V. parahaemolyticus can cause diseases in marine aquaculture, leading to huge economic losses to the aquaculture industry. More importantly, it is also the leading cause of seafood-borne diarrheal disease in humans worldwide. With the development of animal model, next-generation sequencing as well as biochemical and cell biological technologies, deeper understanding of the virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms of V. parahaemolyticus has been gained. As a globally transmitted pathogen, the pathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus is closely related to a variety of virulence factors. This article comprehensively reviewed the molecular mechanisms of eight types of virulence factors: hemolysin, type III secretion system, type VI secretion system, adhesion factor, iron uptake system, lipopolysaccharide, protease and outer membrane proteins. This review comprehensively summarized our current understanding of the virulence factors in V. parahaemolyticus, which are potentially new targets for the development of therapeutic and preventive strategies.
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- Lingzhi Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety/Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agrifood Safety and Quality, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety/Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agrifood Safety and Quality, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety/Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agrifood Safety and Quality, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety/Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agrifood Safety and Quality, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety/Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agrifood Safety and Quality, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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Jiang Y, Chu Y, Xie G, Li F, Wang L, Huang J, Zhai Y, Yao L. Antimicrobial resistance, virulence and genetic relationship of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood from coasts of Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, China. Int J Food Microbiol 2019; 290:116-124. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Serology, virulence and molecular characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from seafood in Zhejiang province. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204892. [PMID: 30286209 PMCID: PMC6171872 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading foodborne pathogen in southeastern China. In this study, 105 strains of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from fresh seafood in 2013 and 2014. The serotypes, virulence-associated genes and sequence types (STs) of these strains were analyzed. 26 defined serotypes were identified and 69 strains (65.7%) had untypeable O or K antigen. 8 strains (7.6%) had the virulence-associated gene tdh and no strain carried the trh gene. 45.7% (48/105) of isolates contained all four T3SS1 genes and 50% (4/8) tdh+trh-V. parahaemolyticus isolates lacked at least one of the four tested T3SS2α genes. 105 strains could be categorized into 84 STs and only 3 STs (ST3, ST8, ST675) had appeared in clinical strains. V. parahaemolyticus strains from seafood have more diverse and untypeable serotypes, less virulence-associated genes and more STs than strains from clinical sources.
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Li P, Xin W, Kang L, Chen Z, Guo C, Gao S, Yang H, Ji B, Yan Y, Wang H, Zhou D, Yang W, Wang J. Genetic and population analyses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from three major coastal regions in China. Future Microbiol 2018; 13:1261-1269. [PMID: 30238770 PMCID: PMC6190215 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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AIM This study aims to evaluate the genetic and population structure of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the major coastal regions of China. MATERIALS & METHODS Multilocus sequence typing was performed. RESULTS Insertion of large sequence into recA happened in nearly 30 strains, which were untypeable by multilocus sequence typing. A collection of 307 V. parahaemolyticus isolates were typed into 160 sequence types, including 117 novel ones. eBURST analysis revealed five clonal complexes, 11 doublets, and 108 singletons. The 160 sequence types formed two main lineages in the phylogenetic analysis. CONCLUSION V. parahaemolyticus along the Chinese coastal regions exhibits high levels of genetic diversity and has undergone significant purifying selection and frequent recombination. A deeper understanding of V. parahaemolyticus genetic diversity could be obtained at the level of genome sequences.
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- Ping Li
- Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology, Jiaxing Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Jiaxing 314050, PR China
- Graduate College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology, Jiaxing Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Jiaxing 314050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology, Jiaxing Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Jiaxing 314050, PR China
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- Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology, Jiaxing Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Jiaxing 314050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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- Graduate College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen & Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, PR China
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Gonzalez-Escalona N, Gavilan RG, Toro M, Zamudio ML, Martinez-Urtaza J. Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sequence Type 120, Peru, 2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2018; 22:1235-7. [PMID: 27315090 PMCID: PMC4918183 DOI: 10.3201/eid2207.151896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in Asia before its emergence in Peru.
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Variation of genomic islands and flanking fragments in Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from environmental and clinical sources in Taiwan. Int J Food Microbiol 2017; 259:68-76. [PMID: 28841447 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a halophilic foodborne pathogenic bacterium that causes gastroenteritis; it has become an issue of global concern since the emergence and spread of pandemic O3:K6 strains. This study evaluated the role of Vibrio pathogenicity island (VPaI)-associated fragments in the genetic variation and grouping of this pathogen. Distribution of some VPaI fragments and flanking fragments (VPaI-1, VPaI-4, VPaI-5, VPaI-6 and VPaI-7) was determined in a total of 53 V. parahaemolyticus isolates from environmental and clinical sources in Taiwan, and supported by the sequences of seven fragments of VPaI-4 and its flanking fragment VP2145. As determined from the distribution of these VPaI-associated fragments, the clinical pandemic isolates were closely related in a single cluster; the clinical nonpandemic isolates were grouped into several clusters, while the environmental isolates were comparatively highly diversified. The profiles of virulence-associated genes of environmental pathogenic isolates varied, and were closer to those of clinical nonpandemic isolates than those of pandemic isolates. Isolates with atypical profiles of the VPaI-associated fragments and virulence-associated genes were identified. Sequences of VP2145 exhibited a close phylogenetic relationship among these local isolates, which were distinct from most V. parahaemolyticus strains from other geographic regions. This investigation demonstrated the application of VPaI-associated fragments in studying the genetic variation and clustering of V. parahaemolyticus isolates from different sources.
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Li H, Tang R, Lou Y, Cui Z, Chen W, Hong Q, Zhang Z, Malakar PK, Pan Y, Zhao Y. A Comprehensive Epidemiological Research for Clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Shanghai. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1043. [PMID: 28642752 PMCID: PMC5462930 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the most important pathogen for seafood-borne gastroenteritis in Shanghai and the rest of the world. A total of 42 V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from 1900 fecal specimens collected from patients in Shanghai hospital presenting from January 2014 to December 2015. All isolates were evaluated for potential virulence factors [tdh, trh, and type three secretion system (T3SS) genes], typed using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and screened for antimicrobial resistance phenotype and genotype. And for the first time, the relationship between virulence, genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of these isolates were identified. The results showed that 37 isolates carried the tdh gene (88.1%) and only seven isolates were positive for the trh gene. The T3SS1 and T3SS2 genes were detected in all strains and only trh-positive isolates are also containing the T3SS2β genes. MLST analysis of the 42 Shanghai isolates identified 20 sequence types (STs) with 16 novel STs and that these clinical V. parahaemolyticus strains showed high degrees of genetic diversity. All isolates expressed high levels of resistance against Ampicillin (100.0%), Streptomycin (100.0%), Cephazolin (92.9%), Kanamycin (92.8%) and Amikacin (90.5%), and eight out of 38 resistance genes (SHV, tet(B), strA, qnrA, gryA, qnrB, sulI, sulII) were detected in at least two isolates. This study confirms that antimicrobial resistance of clinical V. parahaemolyticus isolates is greater than those of environmental isolates. Furthermore, no clear correlation between antimicrobial resistance and virulence or genetic diversity was found in this study. These results add to epidemiological data of clinical V. parahaemolyticus isolates in Shanghai and highlight the need for additional mechanistic studies, especially antimicrobial resistance, to reduce the burden of disease caused by this pathogen in China.
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- Huan Li
- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai, China
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- Shanghai General HospitalShanghai, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai, China
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- Shanghai General HospitalShanghai, China
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- Shanghai General HospitalShanghai, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of AgricultureShanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing and PreservationShanghai, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of AgricultureShanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing and PreservationShanghai, China
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Merda D, Bonneau S, Guimbaud JF, Durand K, Brin C, Boureau T, Lemaire C, Jacques MA, Fischer-Le Saux M. Recombination-prone bacterial strains form a reservoir from which epidemic clones emerge in agroecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2016; 8:572-581. [PMID: 27059897 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The acquisition of virulence-related genes through horizontal gene transfer can modify the pathogenic profiles of strains and lead to the emergence of new diseases. Xanthomonas arboricola is a bacterial species largely known for the damage it causes to stone and nut fruit trees worldwide. In addition to these host-specific populations called pathovars, many nonpathogenic strains have been identified in this species. Their evolutionary significance in the context of pathogen emergence is unknown. We looked at seven housekeeping genes amplified from 187 pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains isolated from various plants worldwide to analyze population genetics and recombination dynamics. We also examined the dynamics of the gains and losses of genes associated with life history traits (LHTs) during X. arboricola evolution. We discovered that X. arboricola presents an epidemic population structure. Successful pathovars of trees (i.e. pruni, corylina and juglandis) are epidemic clones whose emergence appears to be linked to the acquisition of eight genes coding for Type III effectors. The other strains of this species are part of a recombinant network, within which LHT-associated genes might have been lost. We suggest that nonpathogenic strains, because of their high genetic diversity and propensity for recombination, may promote the emergence of pathogenic strains.
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- Déborah Merda
- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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Dong X, Li Z, Wang X, Zhou M, Lin L, Zhou Y, Li J. Characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates obtained from crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in freshwater. Int J Food Microbiol 2016; 238:132-138. [PMID: 27620824 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus usually occurs in coastal areas and is generally recognized as a marine bacterium. It has become the leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. In the present study, 96 V. parahaemolyticus isolates were obtained from freshwater crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and classified by multilocus sequence typing. Fifty-three sequence types (STs) were identified among the 96 isolates analyzed, 38 of which were novel STs. These isolates fell into six groups and 42 singletons, suggesting a high level of genetic diversity. Screening for 9 virulence and virulence-related genes in the isolates revealed that 40 isolates contained more than two genes with possible roles in pathogenicity. The virulence of the representative isolates VP66 (trh+, ureC+, T3SS1+, T3SS2β+, T6SS2+) and VP80 (T3SS1+, T6SS1+, T6SS2+) were further assessed in zebrafish and mouse infection model in vivo, and the tested isolates were shown to be lethal to both zebrafish and mice. These results suggest that crayfish may serve as a carrier of V. parahaemolyticus in freshwater, and that some isolates may have the potential to cause foodborne disease in humans.
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- Xingxing Dong
- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Lu X, Zhou H, Du X, Liu S, Xu J, Cui Z, Pang B, Kan B. Population analysis of clinical and environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from eastern provinces in China by removing the recombinant SNPs in the MLST loci. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 45:303-310. [PMID: 27608607 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 08/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a common seafood-borne pathogenic bacterium which causes gastroenteritis in humans. Continuous surveillance on the molecular characters of the clinical and environmental V. parahaemolyticus strains needs to be conducted for the epidemiological and genetic purposes. To generate a picture of the population distribution of V. parahaemolyticus in eastern China isolated from clinical cases of gastroenteritis and environmental samples, we investigated the genetic and evolutionary relationships of the strains using the commonly used multi-locus sequence typing (MLST, in which seven house-keeping genes are used in the protocol). A highly genetic diversity within the V. parahaemolyticus population was observed but ST3 was still dominant in the clinical strains, and 103 new sequence types (ST) were found in the clinical strains by searching in the global V. parahaemolyticus MLST database. With these genetically diverse strains, we estimated the recombination rates of the loci in MLST analysis. The locus recA was found to be subject to exceptionally high rate of recombination, and the recombinant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were also identified within the seven loci. The phylogenetic tree of the strains was re-constructed using the maximum likelihood method by removing the recombination SNPs of the seven loci, and the minimum spanning tree was re-constructed with the six loci without recA. Some changes were observed in comparison with the previously used methods, suggesting that the homologous recombination has roles in shaping the clonal structure of V. parahaemolyticus. We propose the recombination-free SNPs strategy in the clonality analysis of V. parahaemolyticus, especially when using the maximum likelihood method.
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- Xin Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China.
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Gao L, Deng YQ, Chen C, Ke CW, Li BS, Long YY, Liu ZH, Wei L. Population Relationship of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates Derived from Aquaculture Ponds, a Seafood Market, Restaurants, and Clinical Samples. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2016; 13:333-42. [PMID: 27166752 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2015.2098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To study the relationship between environmental and clinical populations of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, we collected in total 86 isolates from Southern China during one and a half years. Sixty-eight isolates were recovered from aquaculture ponds, a seafood market, and restaurants, and 18 isolates were recovered from clinical samples. Virulence gene analysis revealed that 25 isolates (14 clinical and 11 environmental) tested positive for tdh, but only 4 carried trh. Interestingly, none of the tdh(+) environmental isolates was recovered from ponds. Both environmental and clinical tdh(+) isolates, except for one clinical isolate, harbor type III secretion system 2α (T3SS2α) and T3SS2β-related genes, including vopB2α, which was previously suggested to be absent from environmental strains. More than 70% of clinical isolates carried the pandemic marker of new toxRS (GS-PCR(+)), which was not present in the environmental isolates. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing analysis showed a high degree of genetic diversity within the environmental isolates. In contrast, the clinical population formed a tight cluster that differed from the environmental isolates. These findings suggest that the pandemic strains of V. parahaemolyticus may not directly originate from marine animals. Rather the environments where they are maintained could serve as reservoirs for toxigenic, but not pandemic strains. These environments provide an ideal place for generation of new toxigenic strains through DNA exchange, which was revealed by extensive recombination events in recA sequences of the environmental isolates.
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- Lei Gao
- 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology , South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China
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- 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology , South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China
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- 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology , South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China
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- 2 Institute of Pathogenic Microorganisms, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Guangzhou, China
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- 2 Institute of Pathogenic Microorganisms, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Guangzhou, China
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- 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology , South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China
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- 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology , South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China
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- 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology , South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China
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Han C, Tang H, Ren C, Zhu X, Han D. Sero-Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Pandemic V. parahaemolyticus Strains Occurring at a Global Scale. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:567. [PMID: 27148244 PMCID: PMC4840284 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an emerging public health concern as it has caused numerous gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. Currently, the absence of a global overview of the phenotypic and molecular characteristics of pandemic strains restricts our overall understanding of these strains, especially for environmental strains. To generate a global picture of the sero-prevalence and genetic diversity of pandemic V. parahaemolyticus, pandemic isolates from worldwide collections were selected and analyzed in this study. After a thorough analysis, we found that the pandemic isolates represented 49 serotypes, which are widely distributed in 22 countries across four continents (Asia, Europe, America and Africa). All of these serotypes were detected in clinical isolates but only nine in environmental isolates. O3:K6 was the most widely disseminated serotype, followed by O3:KUT, while the others were largely restricted to certain countries. The countries with the most abundant pandemic serotypes were China (26 serotypes), India (24 serotypes), Thailand (15 serotypes) and Vietnam (10 serotypes). Based on MLST analysis, 14 sequence types (STs) were identified among the pandemic strains, nine of which fell within clonal complex (CC) 3. ST3 and ST305 were the only two STs that have been reported in environmental pandemic strains. Pandemic ST3 has caused a wide range of infections in as many as 16 countries. Substantial serotypic diversity was mainly observed among isolates within pandemic ST3, including as many as 12 combinations of O/K serotypes. At the allele level, the dtdS and pntA, two loci that perfectly conserved in CC3, displayed a degree of polymorphism in some pandemic strains. In conclusion, we provide a comprehensive understanding of sero-prevalence and genetic differentiation of clinical and environmental pandemic isolates collected from around the world. Although, further studies are needed to delineate the specific mechanisms by which the pandemic strains evolve and spread, the findings in this study are helpful when seeking countermeasures to reduce the spread of V. parahaemolyticus in endemic areas.
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- Chongxu Han
- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Experimental Research Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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Akther F, Neogi SB, Chowdhury WB, Sadique A, Islam A, Akhter MZ, Johura FT, Ohnishi M, Watanabe H, Boucher Y, Alam M. Major tdh(+)Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype changes temporally in the Bay of Bengal estuary of Bangladesh. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 41:153-159. [PMID: 27063395 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is responsible for seafood-related gastroenteritis worldwide. In Bangladesh, diarrhea is endemic and diarrheagenic V. parahaemolyticus serotypes occur naturally in the coastal and estuarine aquatic environment. V. parahaemolyticus strains, isolated from estuarine surface water of the Bay of Bengal villages of Bangladesh during 2006-2008, were tested for the presence of virulence and pandemic-marker genes, serodiversity, and phylogenetic relatedness. PCR analysis of V. parahaemolyticus (n=175) showed 53 (30.3%) strains to possess tdh, the major virulence gene encoding thermostable direct hemolysin. Serotyping results revealed the tdh(+)V. parahaemolyticus strains to belong to 10 different serotypes, of which the O8:K21 (30.2%) and O3:K6 (24.5%) were predominantly non-pandemic and pandemic serotypes, respectively; while O5:K30 and O9:KUT were new. The pandemic markers, orf8 and toxRS(variant), were present only in the pandemic serotype O3:K6 (n=13) and its serovariant O4:K68 (n=2). Temporal distribution of the tdh(+) serotypes revealed the O8:K21 to be predominant in 2006 and 2007, while O3:K6 was the predominant tdh(+) serotype in 2008. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of SfiI-digested genomic DNA revealed high genetic diversity among the V. parahaemolyticus strains, while dendrogram constructed with the PFGE patterns formed two major clusters separating the tdh(+) O3:K6 and its pandemic serovariants from the tdh(+) non-pandemic (O8:K21) strains, suggesting different lineages for them. The potential health risk related to the prevalent tdh(+) strains, including the observed temporal change of the predominant tdh(+) serotype, from O8:K21 to the pandemic serotype O3:K6 in estuarine surface waters serving as the major source of drinking water suggests the need for routine environmental monitoring to prevent V. parahaemolyticus infection in Bangladesh.
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- Farhana Akther
- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh;.
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Serogroup, virulence, and molecular traits of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from clinical and cockle sources in northeastern Thailand. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 39:212-218. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Lou Y, Liu H, Zhang Z, Pan Y, Zhao Y. Mismatch between antimicrobial resistance phenotype and genotype of pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from seafood. Food Control 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Chonsin K, Matsuda S, Theethakaew C, Kodama T, Junjhon J, Suzuki Y, Suthienkul O, Iida T. Genetic diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated from farmed Pacific white shrimp and ambient pond water affected by acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease outbreak in Thailand. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2015; 363:fnv222. [PMID: 26590959 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is an emerging shrimp disease that causes massive die-offs in farmed shrimps. Recent outbreaks of AHPND in Asia have been causing great losses for shrimp culture and have become a serious socioeconomic problem. The causative agent of AHPND is Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which is typically known to cause food-borne gastroenteritis in humans. However, there have been few reports of the epidemiology of V. parahaemolyticus AHPND strains, and the genetic relationship among AHPND strains is unclear. Here, we report the genetic characterization of V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from AHPND outbreaks in Thailand. We found eight isolates from AHPND-suspected shrimps and pond water that were positive for AHPND markers AP1 and AP2. PCR analysis confirmed that none of these eight AP-positive AHPND strains possesses the genes for the conventional virulence factors affecting to humans, such as thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH), TDH-related hemolysin (TRH) and type III secretion system 2. Phylogenetic analysis by multilocus sequence typing showed that the AHPND strains are genetically diverse, suggesting that AHPND strains were not derived from a single genetic lineage. Our study represents the first report of molecular epidemiology of AHPND-causing V. parahaemolyticus strains using multilocus sequence typing, and provides an insight into their evolutionary mechanisms.
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- Kaknokrat Chonsin
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Center of Ecohealth Education and Research, Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Rangsit Center, Pathum Thani 12121, Thailand
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- Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Chen Y, Chen X, Yu F, Wu M, Wang R, Zheng S, Han D, Yang Q, Kong H, Zhou F, Zhu J, Yao H, Zhou W, Li L. Serology, virulence, antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characteristics of clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains circulating in southeastern China from 2009 to 2013. Clin Microbiol Infect 2015; 22:258.e9-16. [PMID: 26597222 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of food-borne diarrhoea in coastal countries. Although V. parahaemolyticus cases have been reported since 1950, they have been poorly documented. From July 2009 to June 2013, we collected 6951 faecal specimens for pathogen detection; V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from 563 specimens (8.1%). We then analysed the characteristics of the 501 V. parahaemolyticus strains that were isolated as the sole pathogen. Twenty-one serotypes were identified among these strains; O3:K6 was the most common serotype (65.1%), followed by O4:K8, O4:K68 and O1:K36. One strain of the O4:K18 serotype was isolated from clinical patients for the first time. Pandemic O3:K6 clones were predominant and accounted for 69.1% of all of the pandemic strains. This is the first report of one strain expressing the O3:K8 serotype with a pandemic genotype. The presence of the haemolysin gene tdh (93.0%) was the key characteristic of the virulent strains; however, a few strains carried the trh gene. We also confirmed the presence of the type III secretion system 2 (T3SS2) genes in all of the pathogenic strains. Subsequent multilocus sequence typing split the isolates into 16 sequence types (STs), with ST3 and ST88 as the most prevalent in southeastern China. Most isolates were sensitive to common antimicrobial agents, apart from ampicillin. However, the resistance rate to ampicillin has apparently increased in this area. In conclusion, our results indicate that pandemic O3:K6 V. parahaemolyticus isolates are predominant in southeastern China, and additional surveillance should be conducted to facilitate control of the transmission of this pathogen.
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- Y Chen
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Beilun People's Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Liu M, Chen S. A novel adhesive factor contributing to the virulence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14449. [PMID: 26399174 PMCID: PMC4585867 DOI: 10.1038/srep14449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Bacterial adhesins play a pivotal role in the tight bacteria-host cells attachment to initiate the downstream processes and bacterial infection of hosts. In this study, we identified a novel adhesin, VpadF in V. parahaemolyticus. Deletion of VpadF in V. parahaemolyticus markedly impaired its attachment and cytotoxicity to epithelial cells, as well as attenuated the virulence in murine model. Biochemical studies revealed that VpadF recognized both fibronectin and fibrinogen. The binding of VpadF to these two host receptors was mainly dependent on the its fifth bacterial immunoglobulin-like group domain and its C-terminal tail. Our finding suggested that VpadF is a major virulence factor of V. parahaemolyticus and a potential good candidate for V. parahaemolyticus infection control for both vaccine development and drug target.
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- Ming Liu
- Shenzhen Key Lab for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Center, Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.,State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab for Food Biological Safety Control, Food Safety and Technology Research Center, Hong Kong PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.,State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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Liu R, Liu Z, Xu Y, Liao Y, Hu Q, Huang J, Shi X, Li Y, Niu J, Li Q. Multicolor Melting Curve Analysis-Based Multilocus Melt Typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136998. [PMID: 26368129 PMCID: PMC4569271 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of seafood-borne gastroenteritis outbreaks. To track the source of these diseases in a timely manner, a high throughput typing method is critical. We hereby describe a novel genotyping method for V. parahaemolyticus, termed multilocus melt typing (MLMT), based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST). MLMT utilizes melting curve analysis to interrogate the allelic types of a set of informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) derived from the housekeeping genes used in MLST. For each SNP, one allelic type generates distinct Tm values, which are converted into a binary code. Multiple SNPs thus generate a series of binary codes, forming a melt type (MT) corresponding with a sequence type (ST) of MLST. Using a set of 12 SNPs, the MLMT scheme could resolve 218 V.parahaemolyticus isolates into 50 MTs corresponding with 56 STs. The discriminatory power of MLMT and MLST was similar with Simpson’s index of diversity of 0.638 and 0.646, respectively. The global (adjusted Rand index = 0.982) and directional congruence (adjusted Wallace coefficient, MT→ST = 0.965; ST→MT = 1.000) between the two typing approaches was high. The entire procedure of MLMT could be finished within 3 h with negligible hands on time in a real-time PCR machine. We conclude that MLMT provides a reliable and efficient approach for V. parahaemolyticus genotyping and might also find use in other pathogens.
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- Ran Liu
- Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostic, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Shenzhen Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, Shenzhen Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- School of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Shenzhen Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, Shenzhen Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, Shenzhen Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- * E-mail: (JN); (QL)
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- Engineering Research Centre of Molecular Diagnostics, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostic, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- * E-mail: (JN); (QL)
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Soonthornchai W, Chaiyapechara S, Jarayabhand P, Söderhäll K, Jiravanichpaisal P. Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135783. [PMID: 26285030 PMCID: PMC4540450 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Several species of Vibrio are the causative agent of gastroenteritis in humans. In aquaculture, Vibrio harveyi (Vh) and V. parahaemolyticus (Vp) have long been considered as shrimp pathogens in freshwater, brackish and marine environments. Here we show by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that Penaeus monodon orally inoculated with each of these two pathogens via an Artemia diet had numerous bacteria attached randomly across the stomach surface, in single and in large biofilm-like clusters 6 h post-infection. A subsequent marked proliferation in the number of V. harveyi within the biofilm-like formations resulted in the development of infections in the stomach, the upper and middle midgut, but neither in the posterior midgut nor the hindgut. SEM also revealed the induced production of peritrichous pili-like structures by the Vp attaching to the stomach lining, whilst only a single polar fibre was seen forming an apparent physical bridge between Vh and the host’s epithelium. In contrast to these observations, no such adherences or linkages were seen when trials were conducted with non-pathogenic Vibrio spp. or with Micrococcus luteus, with no obvious resultant changes to the host’s gut surface. In naive shrimp, the hindgut was found to be a favorable site for bacteria notably curved, short-rod shaped bacteria which probably belong to Vibrio spp. Data from the current study suggests that pathogens of P. monodon must be able to colonize the digestive tract, particularly the stomach, where chitin is present, and then they use an array of virulent factors and enzymes to infect their host resulting in disease. Oral infection is a better way of mimicking natural routes of infection; investigating the host-bacteria interactions occurring in the digestive tract may lead to new strategies for the prevention or control of bacterial infections in penaeids.
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- Wipasiri Soonthornchai
- Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Aquatic Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 113 Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klongluang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Maritime Administration, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Aquatic Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 113 Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klongluang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand; Department of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden; Fish Vet Group Asia Limited, 99/386, Chaengwattana Rd., Toongsonghong, Laksi, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand
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Esteves K, Mosser T, Aujoulat F, Hervio-Heath D, Monfort P, Jumas-Bilak E. Highly diverse recombining populations of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in French Mediterranean coastal lagoons. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:708. [PMID: 26236294 PMCID: PMC4503927 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae are ubiquitous to estuarine and marine environments. These two species found in Mediterranean coastal systems can induce infections in humans. Environmental isolates of V. cholerae (n = 109) and V. parahaemolyticus (n = 89) sampled at different dates, stations and water salinities were investigated for virulence genes and by a multilocus sequence-based analysis (MLSA). V. cholerae isolates were all ctxA negative and only one isolate of V. parahaemolyticus displayed trh2 gene. Most Sequence Types (ST) corresponded to unique ST isolated at one date or one station. Frequent recombination events were detected among different pathogenic species, V. parahaemolyticus, V. cholerae, Vibrio mimicus, and Vibrio metoecus. Recombination had a major impact on the diversification of lineages. The genetic diversity assessed by the number of ST/strain was higher in low salinity condition for V. parahaemolyticus and V. cholerae whereas the frequency of recombination events in V. cholerae was lower in low salinity condition. Mediterranean coastal lagoon systems housed V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus with genetic diversities equivalent to the worldwide diversity described so far. The presence of STs found in human infections as well as the frequency of recombination events in environmental vibrios populations could predict a potential epidemiological risk.
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- Kévin Esteves
- Team "Pathogènes Hydriques Santé, Environnements", HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR 5569, Centre National de la Recherche, IRD, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France
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- Team "Pathogènes Hydriques Santé, Environnements", HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR 5569, Centre National de la Recherche, IRD, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France
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- Team "Pathogènes Hydriques Santé, Environnements", HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR 5569, Centre National de la Recherche, IRD, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France
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- Team "Pathogènes Hydriques Santé, Environnements", HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR 5569, Centre National de la Recherche, IRD, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France
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- Team "Pathogènes Hydriques Santé, Environnements", HydroSciences Montpellier, UMR 5569, Centre National de la Recherche, IRD, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France ; Département d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier, France
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Fischer-Le Saux M, Bonneau S, Essakhi S, Manceau C, Jacques MA. Aggressive Emerging Pathovars of Xanthomonas arboricola Represent Widespread Epidemic Clones Distinct from Poorly Pathogenic Strains, as Revealed by Multilocus Sequence Typing. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:4651-68. [PMID: 25934623 PMCID: PMC4551192 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00050-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Deep and comprehensive knowledge of the genetic structure of pathogenic species is the cornerstone on which the design of precise molecular diagnostic tools is built. Xanthomonas arboricola is divided into pathovars, some of which are classified as quarantine organisms in many countries and are responsible for diseases on nut and stone fruit trees that have emerged worldwide. Recent taxonomic studies of the genus Xanthomonas showed that strains isolated from other hosts should be classified in X. arboricola, extending the host range of the species. To investigate the genetic structure of X. arboricola and the genetic relationships between highly pathogenic strains and strains apparently not relevant to plant health, we conducted multilocus sequence analyses on a collection of strains representative of the known diversity of the species. Most of the pathovars were clustered in separate monophyletic groups. The pathovars pruni, corylina, and juglandis, responsible for pandemics in specific hosts, were highly phylogenetically related and clustered in three distinct clonal complexes. In contrast, strains with no or uncertain pathogenicity were represented by numerous unrelated singletons scattered in the phylogenic tree. Depending on the pathovar, intra- and interspecies recombination played contrasting roles in generating nucleotide polymorphism. This work provides a population genetics framework for molecular epidemiological surveys of emerging plant pathogens within X. arboricola. Based on our results, we propose to reclassify three former pathovars of Xanthomonas campestris as X. arboricola pv. arracaciae comb. nov., X. arboricola pv. guizotiae comb. nov., and X. arboricola pv. zantedeschiae comb. nov. An emended description of X. arboricola Vauterin et al. 1995 is provided.
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- Marion Fischer-Le Saux
- INRA, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Université d'Angers, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Université d'Angers, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Université d'Angers, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Université d'Angers, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Université d'Angers, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1345 IRHS Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
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Han D, Tang H, Ren C, Wang G, Zhou L, Han C. Prevalence and genetic diversity of clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from China, revealed by multilocus sequence typing scheme. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:291. [PMID: 25914691 PMCID: PMC4391058 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The population structure of clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates spreading in China remains undefined. We brought 218 clinical isolates from the pubMLST database originating from different regions of China collected since the year of 1990, analyzed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), to elucidate the prevalence and genetic diversity of V. parahaemolyticus circulating in Chinese population. The MLST scheme produced 137 sequence types (STs). These STs were clustered into six clonal complexes (CCs), six doublets, and 91 singletons, exhibiting a high level of genetic diversity. However, less diversity was displayed on the peptide level: only 46 different peptide sequence type (pST) were generated, with pST2 (44.0%, 96/218) and pST1 (15.1%, 33/218) the predominant. Further analysis confirmed all the pSTs belong to a single complex founded by pST1, pST2, pST3, and pST4. recA presented the highest degree of nucleotide diversity (0.026) and the largest number of variable sites (176) on the nucleotide level. pyrC was the most diverse locus on the peptide level, possessing the highest percentage of variable sites (9.2%, 15/163). Significant linkage disequilibrium with the alleles was detected when the Standardized Index of Association (ISA) was calculated both for the entire isolates collection (0.7169, P < 0.01) and for the 137 STs (ISA = 0.2648, P < 0.01). In conclusion, we provide an overview of prevalence and genetic diversity of clinical V. parahaemolyticus spreading in Chinese population using MLST analysis. The results would offer genetic evidences for uncovering the microevolution relationship of V. parahaemolyticus populations.
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- Dongsheng Han
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Biobank, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Yangzhou, China
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Species diversity, spatial distribution, and virulence associated genes of culturable vibrios in a brackish coastal Mediterranean environment. ANN MICROBIOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-015-1073-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Tey Y, Jong K, Fen S, Wong H. Genetic variation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
isolated from the aquacultural environments. Lett Appl Microbiol 2015; 60:321-7. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Y.H. Tey
- Department of Microbiology; Soochow University; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Resources; National Chiayi University; Chiayi Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology; Soochow University; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology; Soochow University; Taipei Taiwan
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Han D, Tang H, Lu J, Wang G, Zhou L, Min L, Han C. Population structure of clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus from 17 coastal countries, determined through multilocus sequence analysis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107371. [PMID: 25225911 PMCID: PMC4165897 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide. Although this bacterium has been the subject of much research, the population structure of clinical strains from worldwide collections remains largely undescribed, and the recorded outbreaks of V. parahaemolyticus gastroenteritis highlight the need for the subtyping of this species. We present a broad phylogenetic analysis of 490 clinical V. parahaemolyticus isolates from 17 coastal countries through multilocus sequence analysis (MLST). The 490 tested isolates fell into 161 sequence types (STs). The eBURST algorithm revealed that the 161 clinically relevant STs belonged to 8 clonal complexes, 11 doublets, and 94 singletons, showing a high level of genetic diversity. CC3 was found to be a global epidemic clone of V. parahaemolyticus, and ST-3 was the only ST with an international distribution. recA was observed to be evolving more rapidly, exhibiting the highest degree of nucleotide diversity (0.028) and the largest number of polymorphic nucleotide sites (177). We also found that the high variability of recA was an important cause of differences between the results of the eBURST and ME tree analyses, suggesting that recA has a much greater influence on the apparent evolutionary classification of V. parahaemolyticus based on the current MLST scheme. In conclusion, it is evident that a high degree of genetic diversity within the V. parahaemolyticus population and multiple sequence types are contributing to the burden of disease around the world. MLST, with a fully extractable database, is a powerful system for analysis of the clonal relationships of strains at a global scale. With the addition of more strains, the pubMLST database will provide more detailed and accurate information, which will be conducive to our future research on the population structure of V. parahaemolyticus.
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- Dongsheng Han
- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Biobank Department, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Biobank Department, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Medical Examination Center, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Lai Q, Liu Y, Yuan J, Du J, Wang L, Sun F, Shao Z. Multilocus sequence analysis for assessment of phylogenetic diversity and biogeography in Thalassospira bacteria from diverse marine environments. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106353. [PMID: 25198177 PMCID: PMC4157779 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Thalassospira bacteria are widespread and have been isolated from various marine environments. Less is known about their genetic diversity and biogeography, as well as their role in marine environments, many of them cannot be discriminated merely using the 16S rRNA gene. To address these issues, in this report, the phylogenetic analysis of 58 strains from seawater and deep sea sediments were carried out using the multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) based on acsA, aroE, gyrB, mutL, rpoD and trpB genes, and the DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) based on genome sequences. The MLSA analysis demonstrated that the 58 strains were clearly separated into 15 lineages, corresponding to seven validly described species and eight potential novel species. The DDH and ANI values further confirmed the validity of the MLSA analysis and eight potential novel species. The MLSA interspecies gap of the genus Thalassospira was determined to be 96.16–97.12% sequence identity on the basis of the combined analyses of the DDH and MLSA, while the ANIm interspecies gap was 95.76–97.20% based on the in silico DDH analysis. Meanwhile, phylogenetic analyses showed that the Thalassospira bacteria exhibited distribution pattern to a certain degree according to geographic regions. Moreover, they clustered together according to the habitats depth. For short, the phylogenetic analyses and biogeography of the Thalassospira bacteria were systematically investigated for the first time. These results will be helpful to explore further their ecological role and adaptive evolution in marine environments.
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- Qiliang Lai
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province, Xiamen, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Xiamen, China
- Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen, China
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Huehn S, Eichhorn C, Urmersbach S, Breidenbach J, Bechlars S, Bier N, Alter T, Bartelt E, Frank C, Oberheitmann B, Gunzer F, Brennholt N, Böer S, Appel B, Dieckmann R, Strauch E. Pathogenic vibrios in environmental, seafood and clinical sources in Germany. Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:843-50. [PMID: 25129553 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Bacteria of the family Vibrionaceae naturally occur in marine and estuarine environments. Only few species of Vibrionaceae are associated with human cases of gastroenteritis, ear and wound infections, caused by ingestion of seafood or contact with Vibrio containing water. Increasing consumption of seafood (fish, fishery products and shellfish) poses a possible source of Vibrio infections in Germany. Additionally, there is a growing concern that abundances of pathogenic vibrios may increase in German coastal waters as a result of e.g. climate change resulting in probably rising surface water temperatures. According to the One Health concept the VibrioNet consortium started in 2010 to investigate the occurrence and relevance of non-cholera vibrios of human concern in Germany. Vibrios from environmental, seafood and clinical sources were analyzed with the aim to find connections between different reservoirs or sources and to identify potential ways of transmission of these pathogens to assess the risk of infections associated with them. Potentially pathogenic strains mostly belong to the species Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus and non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae. Investigations on imported seafood and mussels from primary production areas confirmed the frequent occurrence of these species. Moreover, studies of German coastal waters and sediments showed the presence and seasonality of these marine bacteria. So far the incidence of clinical cases of vibriosis in Germany is low. Between 1994 and 2013 thirteen cases of Vibrio spp. associated wound infections and/or septicaemia have been reported. However, the high prevalence of vibrios in aquatic environments and aquatic organisms is of concern and demands continued control of food and surveillance for clinical infections with pathogenic vibrios.
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- Stephan Huehn
- Institut für Lebensmittelhygiene, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelhygiene, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelhygiene, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Fische und Fischereierzeugnisse, LAVES, Cuxhaven, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, Koblenz, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Berlin, Germany
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Population analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus originating from different geographical regions demonstrates a high genetic diversity. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:59. [PMID: 24606756 PMCID: PMC4015679 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Vibrio parahaemolyticus is frequently isolated from environmental and seafood samples and associated with gastroenteritis outbreakes in American, European, Asian and African countries. To distinguish between different lineages of V. parahaemolyticus various genotyping techniques have been used, incl. multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Even though some studies have already applied MLST analysis to characterize V. parahaemolyticus strain sets, these studies have been restricted to specific geographical areas (e.g. U.S. coast, Thailand and Peru), have focused exclusively on pandemic or non-pandemic pathogenic isolates or have been based on a limited strain number. Results To generate a global picture of V. parahaemolyticus genotype distribution, a collection of 130 environmental and seafood related V. parahaemolyticus isolates of different geographical origins (Sri Lanka, Ecuador, North Sea and Baltic Sea as well as German retail) was subjected to MLST analysis after modification of gyrB and recA PCRs. The V. parahaemolyticus population was composed of 82 unique Sequence Types (STs), of which 68 (82.9%) were new to the pubMLST database. After translating the in-frame nucleotide sequences into amino acid sequences, less diversity was detectable: a total of 31 different peptide Sequence Types (pSTs) with 19 (61.3%) new pSTs were generated from the analyzed isolates. Most STs did not show a global dissemination, but some were supra-regionally distributed and clusters of STs were dependent on geographical origin. On peptide level no general clustering of strains from specific geographical regions was observed, thereby the most common pSTs were found on all continents (Asia, South America and Europe) and rare pSTs were restricted to distinct countries or even geographical regions. One lineage of pSTs associated only with strains from North and Baltic Sea strains was identified. Conclusions Our study reveals a high genetic diversity in the analyzed V. parahaemolyticus strain set as well as for geographical strain subsets, with a high proportion of newly discovered alleles and STs. Differences between the subsets were identified. Our data support the postulated population structure of V. parahaemolyticus which follows the ‘epidemic’ model of clonal expansion. Application of peptide based AA-MLST allowed the identification of reliable relationships between strains.
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Liu M, Yan M, Liu L, Chen S. Characterization of a novel zinc transporter ZnuA acquired by Vibrio parahaemolyticus through horizontal gene transfer. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2013; 3:61. [PMID: 24133656 PMCID: PMC3794297 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a clinically important foodborne pathogen that causes acute gastroenteritis worldwide. It has been shown that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributes significantly to virulence development of V. parahaemolyticus. In this study, we identified a novel znuA homolog (vpa1307) that belongs to a novel subfamily of ZnuA, a bacterial zinc transporter. The vpa1307 gene is located upstream of the V. parahaemolyticus pathogenicity island (Vp-PAIs) in both tdh-positive and trh-positive V. parahaemolyticus strains. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the exogenous origin of vpa1307 with 40% of V. parahaemolyticus clinical isolates possessing this gene. The expression of vpa1307 gene in V. parahaemolyticus clinical strain VP3218 is induced under zinc limitation condition. Gene deletion and complementation assays confirmed that vpa1307 contributes to the growth of VP3218 under zinc depletion condition and that conserved histidine residues of Vpa1307 contribute to its activity. Importantly, vpa1307 contributes to the cytotoxicity of VP3218 in HeLa cells and a certain degree of virulence in murine model. These results suggest that the horizontally acquired znuA subfamily gene, vpa1307, contributes to the fitness and virulence of Vibrio species.
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- Ming Liu
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China ; Food Safety and Technology Research Center, Hong Kong PolyU Shen Zhen Research Institute Shenzhen, China
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Application of Real Time PCR for the Detection and Enumeration of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from Seafood in Sarawak (Malaysia). BORNEO JOURNAL OF RESOURCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1970. [DOI: 10.33736/bjrst.224.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been associated as the major cause of food poisoning and gastroenteritis in manycountries including Southeast Asia. Their human infection is regularly associated with the consumption of rawor undercooked seafood and contaminated water supplies. A rapid method of detection is important to monitorthe occurrence of V. parahaemolyticus in both food and environment samples especially in Malaysia. Thus, theaim of this study was to detect and enumerate V. parahaemolyticus from seafood by using the real-time PCRbased on the SYBR green assay. targeting the thermolabile (tl) gene. The assay was applied on 24 seafoodsamples comprised of 6 cockles, 6 prawns, 6 squids and 6 fishes. In this study, all of the six cockles and prawnswere positive for the presence of V. parahaemolyticus while fish samples have only 2 positive isolates.However, this study recorded no presence of V. parahaemolyticus in squids. Overall, the real-time PCR assaywas proven to be highly specific, and is sensitive in detecting and enumerating V. parahaemolyticus in theseafood samples. In addition, this study has proven that seafood (especially cockles and prawns) are potentialsources for V. parahaemolyticus.
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