Genetic and virulence characterisation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from Indian coast.

ABSTRACT:

Background

V. parahaemolyticus is autochthonous to the marine environment and causes seafood-borne gastroenteritis in humans. Generally, V. parahaemolyticus recovered from the environment and/or seafood is thought to be non-pathogenic and the relationship between environmental isolates and acute diarrhoeal disease is poorly understood. In this study, we explored the virulence potential of environmental V. parahaemolyticus isolated from water, plankton and assorted seafood samples collected from the Indian coast.

Results

Twenty-two V. parahaemolyticus isolates from seafood harboured virulence associated genes encoding the thermostable-direct haemolysin (TDH), TDH-related haemolysin (TRH), and Type 3 secretion systems (T3SS) and 95.5% of the toxigenic isolates had pandemic str

SUBMITTER: Meparambu Prabhakaran D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature