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Igere BE, Okoh AI, Nwodo UU. Non-serogroup O1/O139 agglutinable Vibrio cholerae: a phylogenetically and genealogically neglected yet emerging potential pathogen of clinical relevance. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:323. [PMID: 35567650 PMCID: PMC9107296 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-02866-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Somatic antigen agglutinable type-1/139 Vibrio cholerae (SAAT-1/139-Vc) members or O1/O139 V. cholerae have been described by various investigators as pathogenic due to their increasing virulence potential and production of choleragen. Reported cholera outbreak cases around the world have been associated with these choleragenic V. cholerae with high case fatality affecting various human and animals. These virulent Vibrio members have shown genealogical and phylogenetic relationship with the avirulent somatic antigen non-agglutinable strains of 1/139 V. cholerae (SANAS-1/139- Vc) or O1/O139 non-agglutinating V. cholerae (O1/O139-NAG-Vc). Reports on implication of O1/O139-NAGVc members in most sporadic cholera/cholera-like cases of diarrhea, production of cholera toxin and transmission via consumption and/or contact with contaminated water/seafood are currently on the rise. Some reported sporadic cases of cholera outbreaks and observed change in nature has also been tracable to these non-agglutinable Vibrio members (O1/O139-NAGVc) yet there is a sustained paucity of research interest on the non-agglutinable V. cholerae members. The emergence of fulminating extraintestinal and systemic vibriosis is another aspect of SANAS-1/139- Vc implication which has received low attention in terms of research driven interest. This review addresses the need to appraise and continually expand research based studies on the somatic antigen non-serogroup agglutinable type-1/139 V.cholerae members which are currently prevalent in studies of water bodies, fruits/vegetables, foods and terrestrial environment. Our opinion is amassed from interest in integrated surveillance studies, management/control of cholera outbreaks as well as diarrhea and other disease-related cases both in the rural, suburban and urban metropolis.
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- Bright E Igere
- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria. .,Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa. .,SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa.
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- Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa.,SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa.,Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa.,SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa
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Islam MS, Zaman M, Islam MS, Ahmed N, Clemens J. Environmental reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae. Vaccine 2020; 38 Suppl 1:A52-A62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cordeiro KS, Galeno LS, Mendonça CDJS, Carvalho IA, Costa FN. Ocorrência de bactérias patogênicas e deteriorantes em sashimi de salmão: avaliação de histamina e de susceptibilidade a antimicrobianos. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/1981-6723.08519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Resumo O estudo das condições higiênico sanitárias de alimentos cárneos consumidos crus, como o sashimi, é necessário para definir sua qualidade e possíveis consequências para a saúde humana. Foram coletadas 60 amostras de sashimi de salmão (Salmo salar), de dez restaurantes na cidade de São Luís, Maranhão - Brasil, sendo seis de cada local. As amostras foram analisadas para contagem de coliformes a 35 °C, coliformes a 45 °C e Staphylococcus coagulase positiva e negativa, identificação da presença de Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus e Aeromonas spp, teste de suscetibilidade a antimicrobianos dos isolados e quantificação de histamina nas amostras. Os resultados mostraram elevadas contagens de coliformes a 35 °C e 12 amostras com >102 NMP/g de coliformes a 45 °C, presença de E. coli e de Salmonella sp. em 3 amostras cada, ausência de V. parahaemolyticus e Staphylococcus coagulase positiva e contagem de Staphylococcus coagulase negativa entre <20 e 5,0x104 UFC/g, presença de Aeromonas spp. em 95% das amostras, sendo 60 isolados A. hydrophila e 6 A. caviae. Para suscetibilidade aos antimicrobianos, os isolados de E. coli foram sensíveis a CPM, CTX, LVX, PPT e SUT, dois resistentes a AMP; um resistente a GEN, um a AMI e um a AMC. Os isolados de Salmonella foram sensíveis a AMC, CPM, CFO, CRX, GEN, LVX e PPT, um resistente a AMI e um a AMP e SUT. Os isolados de Aeromonas foram resistentes em média a cinco dos antimicrobianos, sendo a AMP (97%), a CRX (90,9%) e a AMC (77,3%), e 81,8% foram sensíveis ao CPM. Os níveis de histamina variaram de 44,06 ± 0,74 a 505,46 ± 8,83 mg/kg, sendo 21 das amostras com níveis superiores a 100 mg/kg. As amostras apresentaram condições higiênicos sanitárias insatisfatórias e riscos para a saúde pública, por identificação de bactérias patogênicas e elevadas concentrações de histamina capazes de causar intoxicação escombróide, e ainda, isolados com multirresistência aos antimicrobianos testados.
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Mansergh S, Zehr JP. Vibrio diversity and dynamics in the Monterey Bay upwelling region. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:48. [PMID: 24575086 PMCID: PMC3921578 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Vibrionaceae (Vibrio) are a ubiquitous group of metabolically flexible marine bacteria that play important roles in biogeochemical cycling in the ocean. Despite this versatility, little is known about Vibrio diversity and abundances in upwelling regions. The seasonal dynamics of Vibrio populations was examined by analysis of 16S rRNA genes in Monterey Bay (MB), California from April 2006-April 2008 at two long term monitoring stations, C1 and M2. Vibrio phylotypes within MB were diverse, with subpopulations clustering with several different cultured representatives including Allivibrio spp., Vibrio penaecida, and Vibrio splendidus as well as with many unidentified marine environmental bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences. Total Vibrio population abundances, as well as abundances of a Vibrio sp. subpopulation (MBAY Vib7) and an Allivibrio sp. subpopulation (MBAY Vib4) were examined in the context of environmental parameters from mooring station and CTD cast data. Total Vibrio populations showed some seasonal variability but greater variability was observed within the two subpopulations. MBAY Vib4 was negatively associated with MB upwelling indices and positively correlated with oceanic season conditions, when upwelling winds relax and warmer surface waters are present in MB. MBAY Vib7 was also negatively associated with upwelling indices and represented a deeper Vibrio sp. population. Correlation patterns suggest that larger oceanographic conditions affect the dynamics of the populations in MB, rather than specific environmental factors. This study is the first to target and describe the diversity and dynamics of these natural populations in MB and demonstrates that these populations shift seasonally within the region.
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- Sarah Mansergh
- Ocean Sciences Department, University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Ocean Sciences Department, University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Mukherjee M, Kakarla P, Kumar S, Gonzalez E, Floyd JT, Inupakutika M, Devireddy AR, Tirrell SR, Bruns M, He G, Lindquist IE, Sundararajan A, Schilkey FD, Mudge J, Varela MF. Comparative genome analysis of non-toxigenic non-O1 versus toxigenic O1 Vibrio cholerae.. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 2:1-15. [PMID: 25722857 PMCID: PMC4338557 DOI: 10.7243/2052-7993-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Pathogenic strains of Vibrio cholerae are responsible for endemic and pandemic outbreaks of the disease cholera. The complete toxigenic mechanisms underlying virulence in Vibrio strains are poorly understood. The hypothesis of this work was that virulent versus non-virulent strains of V. cholerae harbor distinctive genomic elements that encode virulence. The purpose of this study was to elucidate genomic differences between the O1 serotypes and non-O1 V. cholerae PS15, a non-toxigenic strain, in order to identify novel genes potentially responsible for virulence. In this study, we compared the whole genome of the non-O1 PS15 strain to the whole genomes of toxigenic serotypes at the phylogenetic level, and found that the PS15 genome was distantly related to those of toxigenic V. cholerae. Thus we focused on a detailed gene comparison between PS15 and the distantly related O1 V. cholerae N16961. Based on sequence alignment we tentatively assigned chromosome numbers 1 and 2 to elements within the genome of non-O1 V. cholerae PS15. Further, we found that PS15 and O1 V. cholerae N16961 shared 98% identity and 766 genes, but of the genes present in N16961 that were missing in the non-O1 V. cholerae PS15 genome, 56 were predicted to encode not only for virulence-related genes (colonization, antimicrobial resistance, and regulation of persister cells) but also genes involved in the metabolic biosynthesis of lipids, nucleosides and sulfur compounds. Additionally, we found 113 genes unique to PS15 that were predicted to encode other properties related to virulence, disease, defense, membrane transport, and DNA metabolism. Here, we identified distinctive and novel genomic elements between O1 and non-O1 V. cholerae genomes as potential virulence factors and, thus, targets for future therapeutics. Modulation of such novel targets may eventually enhance eradication efforts of endemic and pandemic disease cholera in afflicted nations.
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- Munmun Mukherjee
- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- QC Laboratory, Harvest and Post Harvest Technology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Seven Bungalows, Versova, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400061, India
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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- University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505, USA
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- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505, USA
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- Eastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, New Mexico, 88130, USA
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Quantitative microbial risk assessment of pathogenic vibrios in marine recreational waters of southern california. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 79:294-302. [PMID: 23104412 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02674-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This study investigated the occurrence of three types of vibrios in Southern California recreational beach waters during the peak marine bathing season in 2007. Over 160 water samples were concentrated and enriched for the detection of vibrios. Four sets of PCR primers, specific for Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, and V. vulnificus species and the V. parahaemolyticus toxin gene, respectively, were used for the amplification of bacterial genomic DNA. Of 66 samples from Doheny State Beach, CA, 40.1% were positive for V. cholerae and 27.3% were positive for V. parahaemolyticus, and 1 sample (1.5%) was positive for the V. parahaemolyticus toxin gene. Of the 96 samples from Avalon Harbor, CA, 18.7% were positive for V. cholerae, 69.8% were positive for V. parahaemolyticus, and 5.2% were positive for the V. parahaemolyticus toxin gene. The detection of the V. cholerae genetic marker was significantly more frequent at Doheny State Beach, while the detection of the V. parahaemolyticus genetic marker was significantly more frequent at Avalon Harbor. A probability-of-illness model for V. parahaemolyticus was applied to the data. The risk for bathers exposed to recreational waters at two beaches was evaluated through Monte Carlo simulation techniques. The results suggest that the microbial risk from vibrios during beach recreation was below the illness benchmark set by the U.S. EPA. However, the risk varied with location and the type of water recreation activities. Surfers and children were exposed to a higher risk of vibrio diseases. Microbial risk assessment can serve as a useful tool for the management of risk related to opportunistic marine pathogens.
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Distribution of vibrio species isolated from aquatic environments with TCBS agar. Environ Health Prev Med 2012; 4:199-204. [PMID: 21432485 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/1998] [Accepted: 09/20/1999] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Environmental bacteria grown on TCBS agar plates (TCBS strains) were investigated for the presence ofVibrio cholerae in aquatic environments. TCBS strain counts were 0.01 - 0.001 times the total viable counts in pairs of the same samples. The TCBS strains were of two types which required N(a)Cl (salt strain) and did not require N(a)Cl (non-salt strain) to grow in peptone water. Non-salt strains made up 85.3 - 92.1% of TCBS strains isolated from river water. TCBS strains isolated from an estuary contained 40.9% of non-salt strains and 57.4% of salt strains. Salt strains made up 69.2 - 86.8% of TCBS strains isolated from seawater. The percentages ofVibrio species in TCBS strains were 11.9 - 47.9%. V.alginolyticus andV. parahaemolyticus were isolated from seawater.V. vulnificus was only isolated from estuary water.V. cholerae non-Ol was isolated from both river water and estuary water which had low salinity.V. fluvialis was isolated from all three aquatic environments. This investigation suggests thatVibrio species were present in each sample station and thatV. cholerae existed in river water.
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Smith KF, Schmidt V, Rosen GE, Amaral-Zettler L. Microbial diversity and potential pathogens in ornamental fish aquarium water. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39971. [PMID: 22970112 PMCID: PMC3435374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ornamental fishes are among the most popular and fastest growing categories of pets in the United States (U.S.). The global scope and scale of the ornamental fish trade and growing popularity of pet fish in the U.S. are strong indicators of the myriad economic and social benefits the pet industry provides. Relatively little is known about the microbial communities associated with these ornamental fishes or the aquarium water in which they are transported and housed. Using conventional molecular approaches and next generation high-throughput amplicon sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA gene hypervariable regions, we characterized the bacterial community of aquarium water containing common goldfish (Carassius auratus) and Chinese algae eaters (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) purchased from seven pet/aquarium shops in Rhode Island and identified the presence of potential pathogens. Our survey identified a total of 30 phyla, the most common being Proteobacteria (52%), Bacteroidetes (18%) and Planctomycetes (6%), with the top four phyla representing >80% of all sequences. Sequences from our water samples were most closely related to eleven bacterial species that have the potential to cause disease in fishes, humans and other species: Coxiella burnetii, Flavobacterium columnare, Legionella birminghamensis, L. pneumophila, Vibrio cholerae, V. mimicus. V. vulnificus, Aeromonas schubertii, A. veronii, A. hydrophila and Plesiomonas shigelloides. Our results, combined with evidence from the literature, suggest aquarium tank water harboring ornamental fish are an understudied source for novel microbial communities and pathogens that pose potential risks to the pet industry, fishes in trade, humans and other species.
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- Katherine F. Smith
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Columbia University Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America
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- The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Choi S, Dunams D, Jiang S. Transfer of cholera toxin genes from O1 to non‐O1/O139 strains by vibriophages from California coastal waters. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 108:1015-1022. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- S. Choi
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Environmental Health, Science and Policy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Science and Policy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Environmental Health, Science and Policy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Miller MA, Byrne BA, Jang SS, Dodd EM, Dorfmeier E, Harris MD, Ames J, Paradies D, Worcester K, Jessup DA, Miller WA. Enteric bacterial pathogen detection in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) is associated with coastal urbanization and freshwater runoff. Vet Res 2010; 41:1. [PMID: 19720009 PMCID: PMC2769548 DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2008] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Although protected for nearly a century, California's sea otters have been slow to recover, in part due to exposure to fecally-associated protozoal pathogens like Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona. However, potential impacts from exposure to fecal bacteria have not been systematically explored. Using selective media, we examined feces from live and dead sea otters from California for specific enteric bacterial pathogens (Campylobacter, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, C. difficile and Escherichia coli O157:H7), and pathogens endemic to the marine environment (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and Plesiomonas shigelloides). We evaluated statistical associations between detection of these pathogens in otter feces and demographic or environmental risk factors for otter exposure, and found that dead otters were more likely to test positive for C. perfringens, Campylobacter and V. parahaemolyticus than were live otters. Otters from more urbanized coastlines and areas with high freshwater runoff (near outflows of rivers or streams) were more likely to test positive for one or more of these bacterial pathogens. Other risk factors for bacterial detection in otters included male gender and fecal samples collected during the rainy season when surface runoff is maximal. Similar risk factors were reported in prior studies of pathogen exposure for California otters and their invertebrate prey, suggesting that land-sea transfer and/or facilitation of pathogen survival in degraded coastal marine habitat may be impacting sea otter recovery. Because otters and humans share many of the same foods, our findings may also have implications for human health.
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- Melissa A Miller
- California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, 1451 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
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A Potential Capacitance Detection and Enumeration Method forVibrio choleraeandVibrio vulnificus. JOURNAL OF AQUATIC FOOD PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY 2008. [DOI: 10.1300/j030v08n01_03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lizárraga-Partida ML, Mendez-Gómez E, Rivas-Montaño AM, Vargas-Hernández E, Portillo-López A, González-Ramírez AR, Huq A, Colwell RR. Association of Vibrio cholerae with plankton in coastal areas of Mexico. Environ Microbiol 2008; 11:201-8. [PMID: 18793311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01753.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The El Niño event of 1997/1998 provided an opportunity to carry out a field experiment in which the relationship of sea surface temperature and the association of Vibrio cholerae with marine plankton could be assessed in Mexican coastal and estuarine areas. Plankton samples were collected from May 1997 through June 1999. Sites included the Mexican ports of Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos and Frontera in the Gulf of Mexico and Ensenada, Guaymas, Mazatlán, Manzanillo, Acapulco and Oaxaca in the Pacific Ocean. Sampling was also accomplished during two oceanographic cruises in the Yucatan channel of the Caribbean Sea. Bacteriological analyses for V. cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 were carried out. Also, the taxonomic structure of the plankton populations was determined. Vibrio cholerae O1 was detected only in Veracruz samples collected during April, May and June 1999, when La Niña climatic conditions prevailed. It is concluded that V. cholerae O1 in Mexico derives from its marine and estuarine origin and not from sewage contamination. The significant number of Acartia tonsa copepodites and V. cholerae copepodite-positive samples suggests a significant role of this copepod in the occurrence and distribution of V. cholerae in coastal areas of Mexico.
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- M L Lizárraga-Partida
- Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, México
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Aulet O, Silva C, Fraga SG, Pichel M, Cangemi R, Gaudioso C, Porcel N, Jure MA, de Castillo MC, Binsztein N. Detection of viable and viable nonculturable Vibrio cholerae O1 through cultures and immunofluorescence in the Tucumán rivers, Argentina. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2007; 40:385-90. [PMID: 17876456 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000400002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae has been sporadically isolated from rivers in Tucumán, Argentina, since the outbreak in 1991. The aim of this study was to determine the environmental reservoir of the bacterium in these rivers, assessing the presence of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 and O1 (the latter both in its viable culturable and non culturable state) and its relationship to environmental physicochemical variables. 18 water samplings were collected in the Salí River (in Canal Norte and Banda) and the Lules River between 2003 and 2005. Physical-chemical measurements (pH, water temperature, electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen) were examined. Vibrio cholerae was investigated with conventional culture methods and with Direct Immunofluorescence (DFA-VNC) in order to detect viable non culturable organisms. All isolated microorganisms corresponded to Vibrio cholerae non-O1 and non-O139 (Lules 26%, Canal Norte 33% and Banda 41%). The majority was found during spring and summer and correlated with temperature and pH. Non culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 was detected year round in 38 of the 54 water samples analyzed. Application of the Pearson correlation coefficient revealed that there was no relationship between positive immunofluorescence results and environmental physicochemical parameters. Genes coding for somatic antigen O1 were confirmed in all DFA-VNC-positive samples, whereas the virulence-associated ctxA and tcpA genes were confirmed in 24 samples.
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- Olga Aulet
- Departamento de Microbiología Clínica, Facultad Bioquímica, Química, Farmacia y Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
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Miller WA, Miller MA, Gardner IA, Atwill ER, Byrne BA, Jang S, Harris M, Ames J, Jessup D, Paradies D, Worcester K, Melli A, Conrad PA. Salmonella spp., Vibrio spp., Clostridium perfringens, and Plesiomonas shigelloides in marine and freshwater invertebrates from coastal California ecosystems. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2006; 52:198-206. [PMID: 16897302 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9080-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The coastal ecosystems of California are highly utilized by humans and animals, but the ecology of fecal bacteria at the land-sea interface is not well understood. This study evaluated the distribution of potentially pathogenic bacteria in invertebrates from linked marine, estuarine, and freshwater ecosystems in central California. A variety of filter-feeding clams, mussels, worms, and crab tissues were selectively cultured for Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., Escherichia coli-O157, Clostridium perfringens, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Vibrio spp. A longitudinal study assessed environmental risk factors for detecting these bacterial species in sentinel mussel batches. Putative risk factors included mussel collection near higher risk areas for livestock or human sewage exposure, adjacent human population density, season, recent precipitation, water temperature, water type, bivalve type, and freshwater outflow exposure. Bacteria detected in invertebrates included Salmonella spp., C. perfringens, P. shigelloides, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Vibrio alginolyticus. Overall, 80% of mussel batches were culture positive for at least one of the bacterial species, although the pathogens Campylobacter, E. coli-O157, and Salmonella were not detected. Many of the same bacterial species were also cultured from upstream estuarine and riverine invertebrates. Exposure to human sewage sources, recent precipitation, and water temperature were significant risk factors for bacterial detection in sentinel mussel batches. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that filter-feeding invertebrates along the coast concentrate fecal bacteria flowing from land to sea and show that the relationships between anthropogenic effects on coastal ecosystems and the environmental niches of fecal bacteria are complex and dynamic.
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- W A Miller
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Incidence of Pathogenic Microorganisms in Aquacultured Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). JOURNAL OF AQUATIC FOOD PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY 2005. [DOI: 10.1300/j030v14n03_07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Purdy A, Rohwer F, Edwards R, Azam F, Bartlett DH. A glimpse into the expanded genome content of Vibrio cholerae through identification of genes present in environmental strains. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:2992-3001. [PMID: 15838025 PMCID: PMC1082809 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.9.2992-3001.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Accepted: 01/17/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Vibrio cholerae has multiple survival strategies which are reflected both in its broad distribution in many aquatic environments and its high genotypic diversity. To obtain additional information regarding the content of the V. cholerae genome, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used to prepare libraries of DNA sequences from two southern California coastal isolates which are divergent or absent in the clinical strain V. cholerae O1 El Tor N16961. More than 1,400 subtracted clones were sequenced. This revealed the presence of novel sequences encoding functions related to cell surface structures, transport, metabolism, signal transduction, luminescence, mobile elements, stress resistance, and virulence. Flanking sequence information was determined for loci of interest, and the distribution of these sequences was assessed for a collection of V. cholerae strains obtained from southern California and Mexican environments. This led to the surprising observation that sequences related to the toxin genes toxA, cnf1, and exoY are widespread and more common in these strains than those of the cholera toxin genes which are a hallmark of the pandemic strains of V. cholerae. Gene transfer among these strains could be facilitated by a 4.9-kbp plasmid discovered in one isolate, which possesses similarity to plasmids from other environmental vibrios. By investigating some of the nucleotide sequence basis for V. cholerae genotypic diversity, DNA fragments have been uncovered which could promote survival in coastal environments. Furthermore, a set of genes has been described which could be involved in as yet undiscovered interactions between V. cholerae and eukaryotic organisms.
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- Alexandra Purdy
- Marine Biology Research Division, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
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Randa MA, Polz MF, Lim E. Effects of temperature and salinity on Vibrio vulnificus population dynamics as assessed by quantitative PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:5469-76. [PMID: 15345434 PMCID: PMC520858 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.9.5469-5476.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2004] [Accepted: 05/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The abundance of Vibrio vulnificus in coastal environments has been linked to water temperature, while its relationship to salinity is less clear. We have developed a culture-independent, most-probable-number quantitative PCR approach to examine V. vulnificus population dynamics in Barnegat Bay, N.J. Based on the combined analysis of our results from Barnegat Bay and from the literature, the present data show that (i) V. vulnificus population dynamics are strongly correlated to water temperature and (ii) although the general trend is for V. vulnificus abundance to be inversely correlated with salinity, this relationship depends on salinity levels. Irrespective of temperature, high abundances of V. vulnificus are observed at 5 to 10 ppt, which thus appears to be the optimal salinity regime for their survival. At 20 to 25 ppt, V. vulnificus abundances show a positive correlation to salinity. Unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate V. vulnificus, combined with our inability to detect cells during the winter despite an assay adapted to detect viable but nonculturable (VBNC) cells, suggest that the decline and eventual disappearance of V. vulnificus from the water column during the winter months is due primarily to a significant reduction in population size and is not only the consequence of cells entering the VBNC state. These findings are in line with the hypothesis that the sediment serves as a refuge for a subpopulation of V. vulnificus over the winter and weather-driven mixing events during the spring initiate a summer bloom in the water column.
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- Mark A Randa
- Biology Department, Temple University, 1900 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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Jiang S, Chu W, Fu W. Prevalence of cholera toxin genes (ctxA and zot) among non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae strains from Newport Bay, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:7541-4. [PMID: 14660411 PMCID: PMC309920 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.12.7541-7544.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2003] [Accepted: 09/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The examination of 137 non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates from Newport Bay, California, indicated the presence of diverse genotypes and a temporal succession. Unexpectedly, the cholera toxin gene (ctxA) was found in 17% of the strains, of which one-third were also positive for the zot gene. This suggests that ctxA is prevalent in the region of nonepidemicity and is likely to have an environmental origin.
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- Sunny Jiang
- Environmental Health, Science and Policy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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The battle to completely control cholera continues. Multiple strains, high levels of morbidity in some regions of the world, and a complex of influences on its distribution in people and the environment are accompanied by only rough resolution prediction of outbreaks. Uncertainty as to the most effective array of interventions for one of the most researched infectious diseases thwarts further progress in providing cost-effective solutions. Progress on the research front consistently points towards the importance of disease ecology, coastal environments, and the sea. However, evaluation of the link between cholera in people and environment can only be effective with analysis of human vulnerability to variable coastal cholera ecologies. As there are some clear links between the organism, cholera incidence and the sea, it is appropriate that cholera research should examine the nature of coastal population vulnerability to the disease. The paper reviews the cholera risks of human-environment interactions in coastal areas as one component of the evaluation of cholera management. This points to effective intervention through integrative knowledge of changing human and environmental ecologies, requiring improved detection, but also an acceptance of complex causality. The challenge is to identify indicators and interventions for case specific ecologies in variable locales of human vulnerability and disease hazard. Further work will therefore aim to explore improved surveillance and intervention across the socio-behavioural and ecological spectrum. Furthermore, the story of cholera continues to inform us about how we should more effectively view emergent and resurgent infectious disease hazards more generally.
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- Andrew E Collins
- Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Programme, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
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Lipp EK, Rivera ING, Gil AI, Espeland EM, Choopun N, Louis VR, Russek-Cohen E, Huq A, Colwell RR. Direct detection of Vibrio cholerae and ctxA in Peruvian coastal water and plankton by PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:3676-80. [PMID: 12788781 PMCID: PMC161524 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.6.3676-3680.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Seawater and plankton samples were collected over a period of 17 months from November 1998 to March 2000 along the coast of Peru. Total DNA was extracted from water and from plankton grouped by size into two fractions (64 micro m to 202 micro m and >202 micro m). All samples were assayed for Vibrio cholerae, V. cholerae O1, V. cholerae O139, and ctxA by PCR. Of 50 samples collected and tested, 33 (66.0%) were positive for V. cholerae in at least one of the three fractions. Of these, 62.5% (n = 32) contained V. cholerae O1; ctxA was detected in 25% (n = 20) of the V. cholerae O1-positive samples. None were positive for V. cholerae O139. Thus, PCR was successfully employed in detecting toxigenic V. cholerae directly in seawater and plankton samples and provides evidence for an environmental reservoir for this pathogen in Peruvian coastal waters.
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- Erin K Lipp
- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
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Louis VR, Russek-Cohen E, Choopun N, Rivera ING, Gangle B, Jiang SC, Rubin A, Patz JA, Huq A, Colwell RR. Predictability of Vibrio cholerae in Chesapeake Bay. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:2773-85. [PMID: 12732548 PMCID: PMC154498 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.5.2773-2785.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae is autochthonous to natural waters and can pose a health risk when it is consumed via untreated water or contaminated shellfish. The correlation between the occurrence of V. cholerae in Chesapeake Bay and environmental factors was investigated over a 3-year period. Water and plankton samples were collected monthly from five shore sampling sites in northern Chesapeake Bay (January 1998 to February 2000) and from research cruise stations on a north-south transect (summers of 1999 and 2000). Enrichment was used to detect culturable V. cholerae, and 21.1% (n = 427) of the samples were positive. As determined by serology tests, the isolates, did not belong to serogroup O1 or O139 associated with cholera epidemics. A direct fluorescent-antibody assay was used to detect V. cholerae O1, and 23.8% (n = 412) of the samples were positive. V. cholerae was more frequently detected during the warmer months and in northern Chesapeake Bay, where the salinity is lower. Statistical models successfully predicted the presence of V. cholerae as a function of water temperature and salinity. Temperatures above 19 degrees C and salinities between 2 and 14 ppt yielded at least a fourfold increase in the number of detectable V. cholerae. The results suggest that salinity variation in Chesapeake Bay or other parameters associated with Susquehanna River inflow contribute to the variability in the occurrence of V. cholerae and that salinity is a useful indicator. Under scenarios of global climate change, increased climate variability, accompanied by higher stream flow rates and warmer temperatures, could favor conditions that increase the occurrence of V. cholerae in Chesapeake Bay.
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- Valérie R Louis
- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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Chapter 17 Culture media for the isolation and enumeration of pathogenic Vibrio species in foods and environmental samples. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6352(03)80020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Cerdà-Cuéllar M, Blanch AR. Detection and identification of Vibrio scophthalmi in the intestinal microbiota of fish and evaluation of host specificity. J Appl Microbiol 2002; 93:261-8. [PMID: 12147074 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01697.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To develop a species-specific probe (VSV3) for the detection of Vibrio scophthalmi in fish intestine and to apply this probe to study the host specificity of V. scophthalmi. METHODS AND RESULTS A specific probe (VSV3) based on the variable region V3 of the 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) was designed. Its specificity was tested by DNA-DNA hybridization and by colony hybridization. No cross-hybridization was found. The sensitivity of the probe was tested both by DNA-DNA hybridization and by colony hybridization. The detection limit of V. scophthalmi 16S rDNA was 150 pg or 10 cfu. Vibrio scophthalmi cells were detected in experimental samples constituted by mixed cultures when present in proportions of 1 : 10 and 1 : 100. The VSV3 probe also proved to be reliable for the detection of V. scophthalmi in samples of fish intestine. CONCLUSIONS The VSV3 probe can be used for the detection of V. scophthalmi in colony hybridization or DNA-DNA hybridization of amplified 16S rDNA. Preliminary results indicate that V. scophthalmi may present certain host specificity for turbot. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The VSV3 probe provides a useful tool for ecological studies.
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- M Cerdà-Cuéllar
- Departament de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Dalsgaard A, Mazur J, Dalsgaard I. Misidentification of Vibrio cholerae O155 isolated from imported shrimp as O serogroup O139 due to cross-agglutination with commercial O139 antisera. J Food Prot 2002; 65:670-2. [PMID: 11952217 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-65.4.670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Fish and shellfish products imported into Denmark are routinely analyzed for pathogenic Vibrio spp., particularly Vibrio cholerae, if products originate from subtropical or tropical areas. A V. cholerae strain that agglutinated commercial O139 antiserum but not the O1, Inaba, or Ogawa antisera was isolated from imported raw frozen shrimp. The toxigenicity of the strain was analyzed, and the results of a polymerase chain reaction showed that the V. cholerae strain did not contain the virulence genes ctx, tcpA, and zot, which are normally found in V. cholerae O1 and O139. The strain was resistant to colistin and spectinomycin. The high susceptibility of the strain to antimicrobial agents was confirmed by the lack of an SXT element, a self-transmissible, chromosomal genetic element that is normally present in 0139 strains and encodes resistance to sulfonamides, trimethoprim, and streptomycin. The strain contained two plasmids, in contrast to other O139 strains, which normally do not contain plasmids. The characteristics of the strain led to further agglutination testing with other antisera that are not commercially available, and the strain was found to agglutinate O155 antiserum in repeated testing. Manufacturers of 0139 antiserum should be aware of the closely related O antigens of the O139, O22, and O155 serogroups and should be aware that their commercial diagnostic O139 antiserum must be absorbed to remove cross-reacting agglutinins of O22 and O155 strains.
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- Anders Dalsgaard
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Vibrio vulnificus is capable of causing severe and often fatal infections in susceptible individuals. It causes two distinct disease syndromes, a primary septicemia and necrotizing wound infections. This review discusses the interaction of environmental conditions, host factors, and bacterial virulence determinants that contribute to the epidemiology and pathogenesis of V. vulnificus.
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- M S Strom
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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Dalsgaard A. The occurrence of human pathogenic Vibrio spp. and Salmonella in aquaculture*. Int J Food Sci Technol 1998. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2621.1998.3320127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Carvajal GH, Sanchez J, Ayala ME, Hase A. Differences among marine and hospital strains of Vibrio cholerae during Peruvian epidemic. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 1998; 44:27-33. [PMID: 12501290 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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During a period of 18 months of an epidemic of Vibrio cholerae, cultures from 450 samples of fish, shellfish and seawater were isolated. The highest frequencies of occurrence observed were 5.2% in fish from inshore waters, 3.9% in marine snails, and 1.8% in mussels and crabs. No incidents were isolated from cultures of fish in the open seas or cultures from frozen shrimp. Cultures of marine origin were compared with cultures from hospitalized patients, and these revealed marked serological and toxigenic differences. Marine strains were mainly non-O1 V. cholerae, non toxigenic. We presume fishing off-shore not to be the cause of this outbreak. However, marine species from contaminated waters could contain toxigenic V. cholerae remaining viable and potentially pathogenic. Methods used were more sensitive and specific for detecting marine strains. In this paper the need to use more specific methods is discussed.
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- Guy H. Carvajal
- Instituto Tecnologico, Pesquero del Peru, Apartado Postal 0360, Callao 1, Peru
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Chakraborty S, Nair GB, Shinoda S. Pathogenic vibrios in the natural aquatic environment. REVIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1997; 12:63-80. [PMID: 9273923 DOI: 10.1515/reveh.1997.12.2.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In recent years, members belonging to the genus Vibrio of the family Vibrionaceae have acquired increasing importance because of the association of several of its members with human disease. The most feared of the Vibrio species is Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, a devastating disease of global significance. Other important vibrios of medical importance are V. parahemolyticus, V. vulnificus, V. mimicus, and to a lesser extent V. fluvialis, V. furnissii, V. hollisae, and V. damsela. Recent studies have also implicated V. alginolyticus and V. metschnikovii in human disease, although their complete significance has not yet been established. The virulence of all medically important vibrios is aided by a variety of traits that help breach human defenses. In this review, we provide an overview of the environmental distribution of the pathogenic vibrios and the important virulence traits that enable them to cause disease.
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- S Chakraborty
- National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
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McCarthy SA. Effects of temperature and salinity on survival of toxigenicVibrio cholerae O1 in seawater. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 1996; 31:167-175. [PMID: 24185740 DOI: 10.1007/bf00167862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/1995] [Revised: 05/03/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In 1991 and 1992, the Latin American epidemic strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 was isolated from ballast water, bilge water, and sewage taken from cargo ships docked in Mobile Bay, Alabama. The findings raised questions regarding the organism's ability to survive long-term aboard ships and to withstand the exchange of ballast at sea. The effects of temperature (6, 18, and 30°C) and salinity (8, 16, and 32 ppt) on survival of V. cholerae O1 strains C6706 and C6707 and a ballast water isolate in sterile seawater were determined. The ballast water isolate, which had a D-value (number of days required to produce a 1 log10 reduction in colony-forming units per milliliter) of 240 days at 18°C, 32 ppt salinity, had the longest survival time. The range of D-values was 36-240 days at 18°C, 60-120 days at 30°C, and 5-20 days at 6°C. In sterile seawater short-term survival was temperature dependent, whereas long-term survival was salinity dependent. In raw seawater, survival time of the ballast water isolate was reduced to 12-27 days, implying the existence of biological influences. As also shown in our previous work, the organism appeared to be able to survive for several months under relatively stable conditions in ballast water aboard ships; however, viability may be reduced to only a few weeks after the organism is introduced into estuarine or marine environments.
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- S A McCarthy
- Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, P.O. Box 158, 36528, Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA
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Dalsgaard A, Huss HH, H-Kittikun A, Larsen JL. Prevalence of vibrio cholerae and salmonella in a major shrimp production area in Thailand. Int J Food Microbiol 1995; 28:101-13. [PMID: 8751094 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(94)00165-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In 1992 and 1993, a 7 months study carried out in a major shrimp-producing area in Southern Thailand to study the prevalence of Vibrio cholerae and Salmonella. A total of 158 samples were examined including water, sediment, shrimp, pelleted feed, shrimp gut, and chicken manure. Salmonella was not recovered from any sample type studied. V. cholerae O1 was isolated from 2 (2%) and V. cholerae non-O1 was isolated from 35 (33%) of 107 samples examined. The occurrence of V. cholerae was not significantly influenced by water salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen or pH. There was no correlation between fecal coliform counts and the prevalence of V. cholerae. The results indicate that V. cholerae non-O1 is ubiquitous in aquatic environments where shrimp culture is practised under a variety of environmental conditions. The public health significance of non-O1 V. cholerae in shrimp culture remains to be determined. V. cholerae O1 and Salmonella do not appear to constitute a hygienic problem even if chicken manure was used as fertilizer.
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- A Dalsgaard
- Laboratory of Fish Diseases, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
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DePaola A, Hwang GC. Effect of dilution, incubation time, and temperature of enrichment on cultural and PCR detection of Vibrio cholerae obtained from the oyster Crassostrea virginica. Mol Cell Probes 1995; 9:75-81. [PMID: 7603474 DOI: 10.1016/s0890-8508(95)80031-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The recovery of Vibrio cholerae 01 by culture from the oyster Crassostrea virginica and detection of the cholera toxin gene by polymerase chain reaction were evaluated using various enrichment procedures in alkaline peptone water. The effects of dilutions (1:10 and 1:100), incubation times (6-8 and 18-21 h), and incubation temperatures (35 and 42 degree) were determined. Recovery of V.cholerae was significantly greater (P<0.05) from oyster homogenates diluted 1:100 in alkaline peptone water and incubated at 42 degree C for 18-21 h. This enrichment procedure also provided the best detection of the cholera toxin gene by polymerase chain reaction.
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- A DePaola
- Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory, US Food and Drug Administration, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
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Dalsgaard A, Serichantalergs O, Pitarangsi C, Echeverria P. Molecular characterization and antibiotic susceptibility of Vibrio cholerae non-O1. Epidemiol Infect 1995; 114:51-63. [PMID: 7867743 PMCID: PMC2271332 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800051906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A collection of 64 clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains isolated in Asia and Peru were characterized by molecular methods and antibiotic susceptibility testing. All strains were resistant to at least 1 and 80% were resistant to two or more antibiotics. Several strains showed multiple antibiotic resistance (> or = three antibiotics). Plasmids most often of low molecular weight were found in 21/64 (33%) strains. The presence of plasmids did not correlate with antibiotic resistance or influence ribotype patterns. In colony hybridization studies 63/64 (98%) V. cholerae non-O1 strains were cholera toxin negative, whereas only strains recovered from patients were heat-stable enterotoxin positive. Forty-seven Bgl I ribotypes were observed. No correlation was shown between ribotype and toxin gene status. Ribotype similarity was compared by cluster analysis and two main groups of 13 and 34 ribotypes was found. Ribotyping is apparently a useful epidemiological tool in investigations of V. cholerae non-O1 infections.
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- A Dalsgaard
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Dalsgaard A, Echeverria P, Larsen JL, Siebeling R, Serichantalergs O, Huss HH. Application of ribotyping for differentiating Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated from shrimp farms in Thailand. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995; 61:245-51. [PMID: 7534053 PMCID: PMC167279 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.1.245-251.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A collection of 143 Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains isolated from shrimp farms in Thailand were characterized and grouped by ribotyping. Sixty-four ribotypes were distinguished following digestion of chromosomal DNA with the restriction enzyme BglI, and the reproducibility of the method was 100%. There was no correlation between specific ribotype distributions and the locations of the shrimp farms. Ribotype similarity was examined by cluster analysis, and two main groups with 10 and 54 ribotypes, respectively, were found. Correlation between ribotype and O-antigen expression was shown to exist among those isolates tested. Ribotyping appears to be a suitable method for differentiating environmental V. cholerae non-O1 strains, and comparison of ribotype patterns showed a high degree of genetic divergence within V. cholerae non-O1.
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- A Dalsgaard
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Matté GR, Matté MH, Sato MI, Sanchez PS, Rivera IG, Martins MT. Potentially pathogenic vibrios associated with mussels from a tropical region on the Atlantic coast of Brazil. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1994; 77:281-7. [PMID: 7989253 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1994.tb03075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Mussels (Perna perna) harvested on the coast of Ubatuba, in three different stations in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, were examined for Vibrio spp. over a 1 year period. The ranges of most probable number (MPN 100 g-1) were: Vibrio alginolyticus (< 3-24,000), V. parahaemolyticus (< 3-24,000), V. fluvialis (< 3-1100), V. cholerae non-O1 (< 3-23), V. furnissii (< 3-30), V. mimicus (< 3-9) and V. vulnificus (< 3-3). The highest incidence was observed for V. alginolyticus (92-100%), followed by V. parahaemolyticus (67-92%), V. fluvialis (34-67%), V. vulnificus (8-17%), V. furnissii (0-17%), V. mimicus (0-17%) and V. cholerae non-O1 (0-8%). Tests for virulence factors were positive in 34.1% of the vibrios in the rabbit ileal loop and 31.7% in the Dean test. Positive results in the Kanagawa test were obtained with 0.51% of V. parahaemolyticus strains. The mean values (MPN 100 g-1) of faecal coliforms in mussels from the three regions varied from 1100 to 44,000, and seawater collected at the same stations gave average values for faecal coliforms in the range 18-3300 MPN 100 ml-1. These results highlight the potential risks of food poisoning associated with raw or undercooked seafood.
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- G R Matté
- School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Collins A. Environmental influences on the distribution of the incidence of cholera: a case study in quelimane, mozambique. DISASTERS 1993; 17:321-340. [PMID: 20958774 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00505.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Cholera continues to cause widespread suffering in many parts of the world. Previous research has mainly described modes of transmission and has correctly indicated the role of predisposing socio-economic conditions in affected areas. Little field research has been carried out, however, in endemic zones, on the contribution of physical characteristics in environmental reservoirs which prolong the survival time or increase the toxigeneity of Vibrio cholerae 01, despite substantial indication of their significance at laboratory scale. A study carried out in Quelimane, Mozambique, to test for such environmental influences on the spatial and temporal distribution of cholera incidence, is described. The role of population displacement in this relationship is also discussed. The practical implications of the results for prevention of primary infection and subsequent reinfection are outlined.
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- A Collins
- Department of Geography King's College London Strand London WC2R 2LS
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Bagchi K, Echeverria P, Arthur JD, Sethabutr O, Serichantalergs O, Hoge CW. Epidemic of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae non-O1 that produced heat-stable toxin among Khmers in a camp in Thailand. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:1315-7. [PMID: 8501234 PMCID: PMC262926 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.31.5.1315-1317.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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An epidemic of a cholera-like disease occurred among Khmers in a camp in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, in May 1990. Of 215 patients with diarrhea, Vibrio cholerae O1 was isolated from 25 (12%) and V. cholerae non-O1 was isolated from 15 (7%). Five of 15 (33%) non-O1 V. cholerae isolates hybridized with two different oligonucleotide probes previously used to detect V. cholerae non-O1 that produces a heat-stable toxin. This is the first description of an epidemic of diarrhea caused by V. cholerae non-O1 that produces heat-stable toxin.
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- K Bagchi
- United Nations Border Relief Organization, Aranyaprathet, Thailand
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Wong HC, Ting SH, Shieh WR. Incidence of toxigenic vibrios in foods available in Taiwan. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1992; 73:197-202. [PMID: 1399913 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1992.tb02978.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A total of 1088 vibrios and related species were isolated from seafood and aquacultured foods available in Taiwan. They were identified as Vibrio alginolyticus, V. cholerae, V. fluvialis I, V. fluvialis II, V. parahaemolyticus, V. mimicus, Aeromonas caviae, A. hydrophila, A. sobria and other species. Incidence of these Vibrio and Aeromonas species in these foods was high. Vibrio parahaemolyticus was frequently found in seawater and in foods of freshwater origin. The Vibrio isolates were examined for enzymatic and toxigenic activities. Most of them showed strong lipase or protease activities. Haemolytic activities of V. cholerae, V. fluvialis I and V. fluvialis II isolates were mostly strong. About 49% showed cytotoxic activity and 5% cytotonic activity in Chinese hamster ovary cell culture assay. Nevertheless, only three non-O1 V. cholerae (2.07%) and two V. parahaemolyticus isolates (1.65%) produced cholera toxin and thermostable direct haemolysin activity, respectively. Various toxigenic vibrios may be important food-borne pathogens in this region because of their high incidence in foods.
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- H C Wong
- Department of Microbiology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Amaro C, Aznar R, Alcaide E, Lemos ML. Iron-binding compounds and related outer membrane proteins in Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains from aquatic environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:2410-6. [PMID: 2144956 PMCID: PMC184742 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.8.2410-2416.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A total of 156 strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 from aquatic origins were examined for the presence of iron uptake mechanisms and compared with O1 strains and other Vibrio species. All non-O1 strains were able to grow in iron-limiting conditions, with MICs of ethylenediaminedi (O-hydroxyphenylacetic acid) ranging from 20 microM to 2 mM. The production of siderophores was demonstrated by growth in chrome azurol S agar and cross-feeding assays. All strains produced phenolate-type compounds, as assessed by the chemical tests and by bioassays with Salmonella typhimurium enb-7. Some of the strains also promoted the growth of S. typhimurium enb-1 (which can use only enterobactin as a siderophore) as well as some strains of Vibrio anguillarum deficient in the anguibactin-mediated system. The chromatographic analyses and absorption spectra of siderophores extracted from culture supernatants suggest that vibriobactin may be produced by the strains examined. Interestingly, some strains also produced hydroxamate-type compounds, as determined by chemical tests, and were able to promote the growth of an aerobactin-deficient strain of Escherichia coli. These results were confirmed by the absorption spectra and chromatographic analyses of the culture extracts. The synthesis of iron-regulated outer membrane proteins in representative strains was also examined. The molecular sizes of the main induced proteins ranged from 70 to 78 kilodaltons. These results indicate that several iron uptake mechanisms which could be involved in environmental survival and pathogenicity are present in environmental V. cholerae non-O1 strains.
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- C Amaro
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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Colburn KG, Kaysner CA, Abeyta C, Wekell MM. Listeria species in a California coast estuarine environment. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:2007-11. [PMID: 2117874 PMCID: PMC184552 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.7.2007-2011.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Listeria species and L. monocytogenes were found in 81 and 62%, respectively, of fresh or low-salinity waters (37 samples) in tributaries draining into Humboldt-Arcata Bay, Calif., during a winter (January-February) sampling period. The incidence of Listeria species and L. monocytogenes in sediment (46 samples) from the same sites where water was sampled was 30.4 and 17.4%, respectively. One of three bay water samples contained Listeria species (including L. monocytogenes), while of 35 samples of oysters examined, only 1 was found positive for Listeria species (L. innocua). A given species or L. monocytogenes serogroup appeared to predominate in fresh water when domesticated animals (cows, horses) were nearby, whereas greater variety with no species predominance was observed in areas with no direct animal influence.
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- K G Colburn
- Seafood Products Research Center, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bothell, Washington 98041-3012
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Amaro C, Toranzo AE, González EA, Blanco J, Pujalte MJ, Aznar R, Garay E. Surface and virulence properties of environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1 from Albufera Lake (Valencia, Spain). Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:1140-7. [PMID: 1692675 PMCID: PMC184356 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.4.1140-1147.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A total of 140 environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolates, together with several culture collection strains from both environmental and clinical sources, were studied in relation to hemagglutination, surface hydrophobicity, and the enzymatic, hemolytic, cytotoxic, and enterotoxic activities of their extracellular products. A total of 78 and 62% of the strains produced hemagglutinins and exohemagglutinins, respectively. Four different hemagglutinating and two exohemagglutinating activities were found by using eight sugars in the inhibition assays. Cell-bound mannose-sensitive hemagglutination was detected mainly in chicken blood, whereas fucose-sensitive hemagglutination was recorded only in human blood. Cell-bound hemagglutinin resistant to all sugars tested was the only one related to surface hydrophobicity. The surface properties varied along the growth curves. The non-O1 strains displayed strong enzymatic and hemolytic activities, except for esculin hydrolysis. Of 26 non-O1 isolates selected for cytotoxin and enterotoxin production, 23 showed a wide spectrum of cytotoxic effects on cell lines of poikilothermic and homoiothermic species, but they were weakly enterotoxigenic in the infant mouse test. All extracellular products of cytotoxic strains were proteolytic, lipolytic, and hemolytic, and a high percentage produced hemagglutination of chicken blood. The cytotoxic factors in the non-O1 strains analyzed were not R plasmid mediated.
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- C Amaro
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, Burjasot, Spain
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West PA. The human pathogenic vibrios--a public health update with environmental perspectives. Epidemiol Infect 1989; 103:1-34. [PMID: 2673820 PMCID: PMC2249492 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800030326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Pathogenic Vibrio species are naturally-occurring bacteria in freshwater and saline aquatic environments. Counts of free-living bacteria in water are generally less than required to induce disease. Increases in number of organisms towards an infective dose can occur as water temperatures rise seasonally followed by growth and concentration of bacteria on higher animals, such as chitinous plankton, or accumulation by shellfish and seafood. Pathogenic Vibrio species must elaborate a series of virulence factors to elicit disease in humans. Activities which predispose diarrhoeal and extraintestinal infections include ingestion of seafood and shellfish and occupational or recreational exposure to natural aquatic environments, especially those above 20 degrees C. Travel to areas endemic for diseases due to pathogenic Vibrio species may be associated with infections. Host risk factors strongly associated with infections are lack of gastric acid and liver disorders. Involvement of pathogenic Vibrio species in cases of diarrhoea should be suspected especially if infection is associated with ingestion of seafood or shellfish, raw or undercooked, in the previous 72 h. Vibrio species should be suspected in any acute infection associated with wounds sustained or exposed in the marine or estuarine environment. Laboratories serving coastal areas where infection due to pathogenic Vibrio species are most likely to occur should consider routine use of TCBS agar and other detection regimens for culture of Vibrio species from faeces, blood and samples from wound and ear infections.
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- P A West
- North West Water Authority, Warrington, United Kingdom
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Venkateswaran K, Takai T, Navarro IM, Nakano H, Hashimoto H, Siebeling RJ. Ecology of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 and Salmonella spp. and role of zooplankton in their seasonal distribution in Fukuyama coastal waters, Japan. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55:1591-8. [PMID: 2764569 PMCID: PMC202910 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.6.1591-1598.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Seasonal variation of human pathogens such as Vibrio Cholerae non-01 and Salmonella spp. in Fukuyama coastal waters and the role of zooplankton in their distribution were studies for a period of 1 year. Comparison of two established methods, viz., the elevated temperature method and the two-step enrichment method of enumerating V. cholerae, showed that the former is superior in the recoveries of V. cholerae non-01. Isolation of this pathogen on a wider range of salinities (0.4 to 32.5%) revealed that these organisms are apparently an autochthonous component of the aquatic environment. Temperature appears to be the most crucial element in governing the distribution of V. cholerae non-01. Among the 69 isolates serotyped, 22 different serovars were identified, while one isolate failed to react with any of the known Louisiana State University antisera tested. Zooplankton samples did not harbor more V. Cholerae non-01 than the water column did. Better isolation of an allochthonous pathogen, viz., Salmonella spp., was noticed from the water samples when swabs were employed. Of the 251 isolates serotyped, 18 serotypes with three variants of Salmonella spp. were identified. A high amount of nutrients in the water column increased the survival rate of these pathogens in saline waters as evidenced by a higher incidence of various serotypes in polluted Fukuyama port than in clean marine waters. Salmonella spp. association between V. cholerae non-01 of Salmonella spp. with zooplankton could be noticed as influencing their seasonal distribution.
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- K Venkateswaran
- Department of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Janda JM, Powers C, Bryant RG, Abbott SL. Current perspectives on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of clinically significant Vibrio spp. Clin Microbiol Rev 1988; 1:245-67. [PMID: 3058295 PMCID: PMC358049 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.1.3.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Recent taxonomic advances have now implicated several different Vibrio species as human pathogens. While the most common clinical presentation of Vibrio infection continues to be gastroenteritis, an increasing number of extraintestinal infections are being reported, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Detection of Vibrio infections requires a good clinical history and the use of appropriate isolation and identification procedures by the laboratory to confirm illnesses attributed to Vibrio species. Except for Vibrio cholerae O1 and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, there is little direct evidence linking the production of a myriad of cell-associated or extracellular factors produced by each species with human disease and pathogenesis. Many questions regarding pathogenic Vibrio species remain unanswered, including their frequency and distribution in environmental specimens (water, shellfish), infective doses, virulence potential of individual isolates, and markers associated with such strains.
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- J M Janda
- Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704
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Eyles MJ, Davey GR. Vibrio cholerae and enteric bacteria in oyster-producing areas of two urban estuaries in Australia. Int J Food Microbiol 1988; 6:207-18. [PMID: 3079469 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(88)90013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Three sampling sites in oyster-producing areas of 2 estuaries were monitored at intervals of about 2 weeks for 1 year. Oysters (Crassostrea commercialis), water and sediment were examined for Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella. V. cholerae was detected in 20, 30 and 11% of oyster, water and sediment samples respectively. The highest incidence was in the autumn (March-May), with few isolations from July to October. Most isolates were non-O1 serotypes. The presence of V. cholerae and the enteric bacteria appeared to be influenced by different, but perhaps overlapping, sets of factors in these high salinity waters. There was no relationship between rainfall or salinity and the detection of V. cholerae, whereas high counts of E. coli in oysters and the presence of Salmonella were correlated wtih rainfall and, to a lesser degree, reduced salinity. High counts of E. coli were correlated with V. cholerae isolations from water and with the presence of Salmonella. Oysters concentrated E. coli effectively. The counts of E. coli in oysters were 7.3 times higher than those in water. Examination of 8 batches of purified and unpurified oysters indicated that purification reduces the incidence of V. cholerae. However V. cholerae was detected in 3 of 25 market samples of oysters, demonstrating that it can be present in oysters throughout the distribution system. The highest V. cholerae count observed in oysters was 3/g.
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- M J Eyles
- CSIRO Division of Food Research, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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Kaysner CA, Abeyta C, Wekell MM, DePaola A, Stott RF, Leitch JM. Virulent strains of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from estuaries of the United States West Coast. Appl Environ Microbiol 1987; 53:1349-51. [PMID: 3606112 PMCID: PMC203868 DOI: 10.1128/aem.53.6.1349-1351.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Vibrio vulnificus was isolated from United States West Coast estuaries at a low frequency (5.9%) from 529 samples of water, shellfish, and sediment. Four strains tested with iron-treated mice had 50% lethal dose values ranging from 7.6 to 360 CFU, compared with a 50% lethal dose of 4.9 CFU for a clinical isolate that caused the death of a septicemic patient. The presence of this pathogen may be a hazard to users of marine beaches and consumers of raw shellfish on the West Coast, especially to persons most susceptible to V. vulnificus septicemia. Species-specific antiflagellar serum and a gene probe for cytotoxin-hemolysin production were useful for screening these environmental isolates.
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