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Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2, pathogenic for eels, is also an opportunistic pathogen for humans
Elena G. BioscaCarmen Amarosubject
VirulenceVibrio vulnificusBiologyOpportunistic InfectionsApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMicrobiologyDisease OutbreaksFish DiseasesMiceVibrionaceaeVibrio InfectionsmedicineAnimalsHumansPathogenEpizooticVibrioEelsEcologyVirulenceOutbreakmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationVirologyVibrioPhenotypeVibrio InfectionsFood ScienceBiotechnologyPlasmidsResearch Articledescription
We report that the eel pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 is also an opportunistic pathogen for humans. Results from a detailed comparative study using reference strains of both biotypes revealed that the clinical strain ATCC 33817, originally isolated from a human leg wound and classified as V. vulnificus (no reference on its biotype is noted), belongs to biotype 2 of the species. As a biotype 2 strain, it is negative for indole and pathogenic for eels and mice, harbors two plasmids of high MrS, and belongs to serogroup E, recently proposed as characteristic of biotype 2 strains. In consequence, appropriate measures must be taken by consumers, particularly by those running a health risk, and by fish farmers, above all when manipulating eels during epizootic outbreaks.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-04-01 |