Open AccessPHENOTYPIC AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF V. VULNIFI-CUS STRAINS FROM THE ADRIATIC SEA
Author(s) -
Patrizia Serratore,
Emanuele Zavatta,
Giorgia Bignami,
Annamaria Piano
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
italian journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2239-7132
DOI - 10.4081/ijfs.2012.3.81
Subject(s) - vibrio vulnificus , virulence , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , vibrio , shellfish , bacteria , zoology , fishery , gene , genetics , aquatic animal , fish <actinopterygii> , medicine , pathology
Vibrio vulnificus, is an ubiquitous marine bacterium responsible of human food-borne disease and wound infection. Notwithstanding the great severity of the cases of septicaemia (with up to 50% of mortality), the incidence of disease is relatively low, probably as a consequence of different virulence characteristics of the strains. At present V. vulnificus is divided into three distinct biotypes (BT): BT1 and BT3 strains cause human disease, while B2 strains infects primarily eels. The present study represent a first attempt to investigate the complete characterization of environmental strains isolated from molluscan shellfish of the North-West Adriatic Sea