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- Title
Biochemical fingerprinting of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by the PhenePlate system: comparison between pandemic and non-pandemic serotypes.
- Authors
MOKHLASUR RAHMAN; N. A. BHUIYAN; I. KUHN; T. RAMAMURTHY; M. RAHMAN; R. MOLLBY; G. BALAKRISH NAIR
- Abstract
During recent years a pandemic clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus has emerged. Isolates of this clone are distributed among several serotypes, but are genotypically related. In the present study, a phenotyping method (biochemical fingerprinting) was used to characterize pandemic and non-pandemic isolates belonging to V. parahaemolyticus. It was found that the pandemic isolates showed a high level of phenotypic homogeneity and a majority of the pandemic isolates belonged to the same biochemical phenotype, whereas non-pandemic V. parahemolyticus isolates were more heterogeneous. In conclusion, biochemical fingerprinting of V. parahaemolyticus can be used as a first screening method to differentiate between pandemic and non-pandemic isolates of V. parahaemolyticus.
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2006, Vol 134, Issue 5, p985
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/s0950268806006017