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Sadok K, Mejdi S, Nourhen S, Amina B. Phenotypic characterization and RAPD fingerprinting of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus isolated during Tunisian fish farm outbreaks. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2012; 58:17-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-012-0174-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Durai S, Pandian SK, Balamurugan K. Establishment of a Caenorhabditis elegans infection model for Vibrio alginolyticus. J Basic Microbiol 2011; 51:243-52. [PMID: 21298688 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Vibrio alginolyticus, a common bacterium in the marine environment, is a threat to marine animals and humans by causing serious infections. The present study reveals the establishment of a Caenorhabditis elegans infection model for Vibrio alginolyticus. The infection and colonization was localized in the animal by tagging V. alginolyticus with GFP and using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. Chemotactic response of C. elegans to V. alginolyticus, pharyngeal distention and blockage of vulval region leading to internal hatching were analyzed. The time required for causing infection, and the bacterial loads in the intestine of C. elegans were determined. Regulation of innate immune related genes, lys-7, clec-60 and clec-87, were also analyzed using real time PCR. The pathogen infected animals appeared to ward-off infection by up-regulating the candidate antimicrobial gene(s) for few hours, before succumbing to the pathogen. For the first time, the pathogenicity of V. alginolyticus at both physiological and molecular level has been studied in detail using the model organism C. elegans.
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- Sellegounder Durai
- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630 003, India
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Biochemical characteristics and genetic diversity of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas hydrophila strains isolated from the Lac of Bizerte (Tunisia). World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0388-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- A.S. Ninawe
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Marine Bioprospecting Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
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Zhou S, Hou Z, Li N, Qin Q. Development of a SYBR Green I real-time PCR for quantitative detection of Vibrio alginolyticus in seawater and seafood. J Appl Microbiol 2008; 103:1897-906. [PMID: 17953599 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIM Vibrio alginolyticus is an economically important micro-organism. The main aim of the present study was to develop a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid, sensitive and effective quantification of V. alginolyticus in seawater and seafood. METHODS AND RESULTS Purified DNA of V. alginolyticus, artificially inoculated seawater and seafood tissue homogenates were subjected to the gyrB-targeted real-time PCR assay. Natural seawater and seafood samples were analysed by this real-time PCR protocol. Specificity tests showed that positive result was obtained only with V. alginolyticus strains. The detection sensitivity was determined to be 0.4 pg of genomic DNA equivalent to 72 cells per PCR in pure culture and 100 cells in 1 ml of seawater or seafood tissue homogenates. Single cell detection is achieved after 3 h of sample enrichment. CONCLUSIONS A sensitive and specific SYBR Green I-based real-time PCR assay targeting gyrB gene was successfully developed to quantify V. alginolyticus within 6 h in seawater and seafood samples. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY No report on the molecular-based method was available for quantitative detection of V. alginolyticus. This work will provide a novel method for evaluation of the risk of V. alginolyticus to marine environmental health and seafood safety.
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- S Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, College of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Rebublic of China
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Distribution of some virulence related-properties of Vibrio alginolyticus strains isolated from Mediterranean seawater (Bay of Khenis, Tunisia): investigation of eight Vibrio cholerae virulence genes. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9719-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sithigorngul W, Rengpipat S, Tansirisittikul A, Rukpratanporn S, Longyant S, Chaivisuthangkura P, Sithigorngul P. Development of monoclonal antibodies for simple identification of Vibrio alginolyticus. Lett Appl Microbiol 2006; 43:436-42. [PMID: 16965376 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2006.01969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS The present study was aimed to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) for simple and specific identification of Vibrio alginolyticus infection in shrimp. METHODS AND RESULTS Mice were immunized with heat killed V. alginolyticus four times at 2-week intervals. The best response mouse was used for spleen donor in hybridoma production. Screening of hybridoma clones producing desired antibodies was performed by dot blotting against V. alginolyticus and other bacterial species, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry of infected shrimp tissues. Four groups of MAbs were obtained; the first group of MAbs demonstrated their limited specificity only to V. alginolyticus used for immunization, while the second and the third groups recognized all three isolates of V. alginolyticus used for testing. The fourth group of MAbs bound to all three isolates of V. alginolyticus and also recognized Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio fluvialis and Vibrio vulnificus but did not bind to Vibrio mimicus, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio penaeicida and other bacterial species tested. MAbs in groups 1, 2 and 3 were able to use for the detection of bacterial infection in the tissues by means of immunohistochemistry. CONCLUSIONS MAbs specific to V. alginolyticus was produced. These MAbs can be used for specific identification of the bacteria by simple 'dot blotting' method and immunohistochemistry. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study demonstrated an immunological tool that can be used for simple and accurate identification of V. alginolyticus as well as for the diagnosis of V. alginolyticus infection in animals. This immunological tool can replace costly and laborious biochemical tests.
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- W Sithigorngul
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Kahla-Nakbi AB, Chaieb K, Besbes A, Zmantar T, Bakhrouf A. Virulence and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR of Vibrio alginolyticus strains isolated from Tunisian cultured gilthead sea bream and sea bass outbreaks. Vet Microbiol 2006; 117:321-7. [PMID: 16870360 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2006] [Revised: 05/18/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vibrio alginolyticus was isolated from the internal organs of diseased gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) cultured in two fish farms located on the Tunisian Mediterranean coast, from 2003 to 2005. After phenotypic characterisation, a selection of 34 isolates from gilthead sea bream and sea bass were molecularly typed by repetitive intergenic consensus PCR (ERIC-PCR) showing a high polymorphism among the isolated strains (19 genotypes). Most of the isolates were resistant to atleast two antimicrobial agents. All the tested strains were resistant to ampicillin. However, 91.17% were resistant to nitrofurantoin and 35.29% to tetracycline. Several strains isolated from diseased gilthead sea bream and sea bass were tested for virulence in both fish species by intraperitoneal injection. The selected isolates (n=7) were pathogenic for gilthead sea bream and sea bass. LD(50) values ranged from 5.01 x 10(4) to 6.20 x 10(7)CFU/fish. This is the first report on characterisation and virulence of V. alginolyticus for sea bass and sea bream in Tunisia.
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- A Ben Kahla-Nakbi
- Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Contrôle des Polluants Chimiques et Microbiologiques de l'Environnement, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, Monastir, Tunisia.
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George MR, John KR, Iyappan T, Jeyaseelan MJP. Genetic heterogeneity among Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from shrimp farms by PCR fingerprinting. Lett Appl Microbiol 2005; 40:369-72. [PMID: 15836741 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2005.01675.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AIMS To study the strain variability among Vibrio alginolyticus isolates from different sources by insertion sequence-targeted PCR fingerprinting and whole cell protein profile analysis. METHODS AND RESULTS Eleven strains of V. alginolyticus were isolated from seven different sources including healthy, infected, farm-reared and wild shrimps. Following biochemical characterization, the isolates were analysed by PCR fingerprinting and whole cell protein analysis by SDS-PAGE. The strains were genetically different irrespective of the sources of isolation. CONCLUSIONS Strain variation exists in V. alginolyticus isolates obtained even from the same source, and PCR fingerprinting is a simple and efficient method in identifying strain-specific variations among the different isolates. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Vibrio alginolyticus is implicated in severe vibriosis of marine aquaculture systems although many strains are avirulent and could be used as probiotic strains. As a wide variation exists among this species, differentiating the harmful and beneficial strains would help in finding ways of controlling the infections by eliminating harmful shrimp pathogenic vibrios.
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- M R George
- Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tuticorin, India.
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Parisi A, Normanno G, Addante N, Dambrosio A, Montagna CO, Quaglia NC, Celano GV, Chiocco D. Market survey of Vibrio spp. and other microrganisms in Italian shellfish. J Food Prot 2004; 67:2284-7. [PMID: 15508644 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-67.10.2284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A survey was conducted of Vibrio spp., Escherichia coli, fecal coliforms, and Salmonella in 644 molluscan shellfish samples marketed in the Apulia region of southern Italy. Vibrios were found in 278 samples (43%), and levels of E. coli and fecal coliforms were above the Italian legal limit in 27 and 34 samples (4 and 5%), respectively. Salmonella was not detected in any of the samples. Because the majority of the vibrio isolates were found in samples that were compliant with Italian regulations, there appears to be no relationship between the presence of microorganisms of fecal origin and the presence of vibrios potentially harmful to human health.
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- A Parisi
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e Basilicata, Via Manfredonia, 20-71100 Foggia, Italy.
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Zorrilla I, Moriñigo MA, Castro D, Balebona MC, Borrego JJ. Intraspecific characterization of Vibrio alginolyticus isolates recovered from cultured fish in Spain. J Appl Microbiol 2004; 95:1106-16. [PMID: 14633040 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Intraspecific differentiation and characterization of Vibrio alginolyticus strains isolated from cultured fish in Spain. MATERIALS AND RESULTS Thirty-four Vibrio alginolyticus strains isolated from cultured fish were intraspecifically characterized on the basis of biochemical and exoenzymatic patterns, outer membrane protein (OMP) profiles, ribotyping and plasmid analyses. The typing methods used did not allow to group V. alginolyticus isolates on the basis of their sources of collection. A higher homogeneity was observed in OMP profiles. A high percentage of isolates were plasmidless. Ribotyping was the highest discriminatory typing method, as all the isolates tested presented 23 profiles using the HindIII restriction enzyme. On the basis of the ribotyping pattern, a similarity matrix and a dendrogram were constructed. CONCLUSIONS The results obtained indicate that V. alginolyticus strains isolated from southwestern Spain belong to different clonal lineages. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study has shown differences with other similar studies carried out in other areas of Europe with strains of V. alginolyticus with respect to the clonal lineages of the strains isolated in southwestern Spain.
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- I Zorrilla
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Ripabelli G, Sammarco ML, McLauchlin J, Fanelli I. Molecular characterisation and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:119-26. [PMID: 12747419 DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337407] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Twelve Vibrio vulnificus biotype 1 and 11 Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from mussels in Italy were analysed by antimicrobial resistance, plasmid profiles, random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and single enzyme amplified fragment length polymorphism (sAFLP). Plasmid DNA was detected in three V. vulnificus and four V. alginolyticus cultures. All isolates were resistant to at least two antimicrobial agents: all isolates were resistant to ampicillin, carbenicillin and streptomycin, except one V. alginolyticus which was sensitive to carbenicillin and two V. alginolyticus which were sensitive to streptomycin. No association was detected between the presence of plasmid DNA and antimicrobial resistance. Seven of the twelve V. vulnificus and two of the eleven V. alginolyticus cultures were susceptible to the 10 microg of the vibriostatic compound O/129; all cultures were susceptible to the 150 microg of O/129. Both RAPD and sAFLP was found to be reproducible. Ten sAFLP and seven RAPD profiles were detected amongst the 12 V. vulnificus cultures: three cultures were identified as indistinguishable by both methods. RAPD and sAFLP analysis of V. alginolyticus generated nine and seven profiles respectively, and these two methods were independent. These results demonstrate extreme variability of V. vulnificus and V. alginolyticus isolated from mussels, and both RAPD and sAFLP provided information on intraspecific differences which will be useful for molecular epidemiological or ecological studies. A combination of methods gave optimal discrimination, although a single method could provide sufficient information to characterise V. vulnificus isolates.
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- G Ripabelli
- Department of Animal, Plant and Environmental Science, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
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Sechi LA, Deriu A, Falchi MP, Fadda G, Zanetti S. Distribution of virulence genes in Aeromonas spp. isolated from Sardinian waters and from patients with diarrhoea. J Appl Microbiol 2002; 92:221-7. [PMID: 11849349 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01522.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To characterize 46 isolates of different Aeromonas spp. strains (26 Aeromonas hydrophila, 13 Aeromonas sobria and 7 Aeromonas salmonicida) isolated from coastal water and clinical sources in Sardinia, Italy. METHODS AND RESULTS The isolates were analysed for the production of the following virulence properties: slime, haemolysin, gelatinase and protease production, and adhesion to eucaryotic epithelial cells. The presence of known virulence genes: A. hydrophila cytolytic enterotoxin gene AHCYTOEN; type IV pilus gene Tap; Bundle forming pilus genes BfpA and BfpG were investigated using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In addition the enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences (ERIC)-PCR fingerprinting was used to further differentiate the strains. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms the presence of virulent Aeromonas strains in the Mediterranean sea. The study also found a greater prevalence of haemolysin, protease and gelatinase production, as well as a higher adhesion capacity, among strains isolated from patients with diarrhoea. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This is the first time that Aeromonads have been isolated and characterized from Sardinian waters and from patients with diarrhoea in Sardinia. This study adds to our knowledge of the ecology of this micro-organism and may in the future help prevent infections both in fish and in humans.
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- L A Sechi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università di Sassari, v.le S. Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
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Sechi LA, Duprè I, Deriu A, Fadda G, Zanetti S. Distribution of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes among different Vibrio species isolated in Sardinia, Italy. J Appl Microbiol 2000; 88:475-81. [PMID: 10747228 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.00982.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The members of the genus Vibrio include harmless aquatic strains as well as strains capable of causing epidemics of cholera. Diarrhoea caused by Vibrio cholerae is attributed to cholerae enterotoxin (CT) codified by the ctx operon and regulated by a number of virulence genes such as toxT, toxR and toxS. Fifty-two Vibrio strains were isolated from different aquatic environments in and around Sardinia and searched by PCR for the presence of ctxA, zot, ace, toxR, toxS, toxT, tcpA and vpi virulence genes in the genomes of the isolates. The toxR operon was found in 27 Vibrio alginolyticus strains out of 42 analysed, in three out of four V. cholerae non-O1 strains and in three Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates. A positive amplification for the virulence pathogenic island (vpi) was produced by five V. alginolyticus strains. Finally, the ace expected amplification fragment was found in two V. alginolyticus isolates whereas the amplification with zot primers produced the expected fragment in one V. alginolyticus isolate. Differentiation of these strains with a PCR fingerprinting technique revealed no association between the presence of virulence genes and a particular fingerprinting pattern. Although most Vibrio species are considered non-pathogenic or only potentially harmful to humans, the finding of V. cholerae virulence genes in other members of the genus Vibrio, and the recent reports of the creation and evolution of pandemic strains of V. cholerae, may give a new perspective to the significance of these results.
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- L A Sechi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
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