Method for Specific Identification of the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus Lineage 3 (Formerly Biotype 3) | Zendy

Héctor Carmona-Salido | Zendy; Naiel Bisharat | Zendy; Carmen Amaro | Zendy

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Method for Specific Identification of the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus Lineage 3 (Formerly Biotype 3)

Author(s) -

Héctor Carmona-Salido,

Naiel Bisharat,

Carmen Amaro

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01763-20

Subject(s) - vibrio vulnificus , biology , pathogen , outbreak , virulence , lineage (genetic) , microbiology and biotechnology , identification (biology) , vibrio infections , human pathogen , molecular epidemiology , virology , genetics , genotype , ecology , bacteria , gene

Vibrio vulnificus is a zoonotic pathogen that is spreading worldwide due to global warming. Lineage 3 (L3; formerly biotype 3) includes the strains of the species with the unique ability to cause fish farm-linked outbreaks of septicemia. The L3 strains emerged recently and are particularly virulent and difficult to identify. Here, we describe a newly developed PCR method based on a comparative genomic study useful for both rapid identification and epidemiological studies of this interesting emerging group. The comparative genomic analysis also revealed the presence of a genetic duplication in the L3 strains that could be related to the unique ability of this lineage to produce septicemia outbreaks.

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