Comparison of ribotyping and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR for characterization of Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1674-1678

  Hoi L ^a   Dalsgaard, A ^a   Larsen, J L ^a   Warner, J M ^b   Oliver, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENMARK; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SEPTICEMIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030941603     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1674-1678.1997     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Amaro, C., and E. G. Biosca. 1996. Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2, pathogenic for eels, is also an opportunistic pathogen for humans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1454-1457.
2. Amaro C., E. G. Biosca, B. Fouz, E. Alcaide, and C. Esteve. 1995. Evidence that water transmits Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 infections to eels. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1133-1137.
3. Aznar, R., W. Ludwig, R. I. Amann, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Sequence determination of rRNA genes of pathogenic Vibrio species and whole-cell identification of Vibrio vulnificus with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44:330-337.
4. Aznar, R., L. Wolfgang, and K. H. Schleifer. 1993. Ribotyping and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of Vibrio vulnificus biotypes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 16:303-309.
5. Biosca, E. G., J. D. Oliver, and C. Amaro. 1996. Phenotypic characterization of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2, a lipopolysaccharide-based homogeneous O serogroup within Vibrio vulnificus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:918-927.
6. Bock, T., N. Christensen, N. H. R. Eriksen, S. Winter, H. Rygaard, and F. Jørgensen. 1994. The first fatal case of Vibrio vulnificus in Denmark. APMIS 102:874-876.
7. Buchrieser, C., V. V. Gangar, R. L. Murphree, M. L. Tamplin, and C. W. Kaspar. 1995. Multiple Vibrio vulnificus strains in oysters as demonstrated by clamped homogeneous electric field gel electrophoresis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1163-1168.
8. Dalsgaard, A., I. Dalsgaard, L. Høi, and J. L. Larsen. 1996. Comparison of a commercial biochemical kit and an oligonucleotide probe for identification of environmental isolates of Vibrio vulnificus. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 22:184-188.
9. Dalsgaard, A., N. Frimodt-Møller, B. Bruun, L. Høi, and J. L. Larsen. 1996. Clinical manifestations and molecular epidemiology of Vibrio vulnificus infections in Denmark. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15:227-232.
10. Dalsgaard, A., P. Echeverria, J. L. Larsen, R. Siebeling, O. Serichantalergs, and H. H. Huss. 1995. Application of ribotyping for differentiating Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolates from shrimp farms in Thailand. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:245-251.
11. Danieu, P., L. Hoi, R. J. Siebeling, and A. Dalsgaard. 1996. Ribotypes and antigenic profiles of Vibrio vulnificus, abstr. Q-396, p. 455. In Abstracts of the 96th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology 1996. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
12. Davidson, L. S., and J. D. Oliver. 1986. Plasmid carriage in Vibrio vulnificus and other lactose-fermenting marine vibrios. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 51: 211-213.
13. DePaola, A., G. M. Capers, and D. Alexander. 1994. Densities of Vibrio vulnificus in the intestines of fish from the U.S. Gulf Coast. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:984-988.
14. Hansen, L. N., J. Sørensen, and A. T. Bisgaard. 1995. Alvorlig syslemisk infektion med Vibrio vulnificus. J. Danish Med. Assoc. 157:3202-3204.
15. Madico, G., N. S. Akopyants, and D. E. Berg. 1995. Arbitrarily primed PCR DNA fingerprinting of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains by using templates from boiled cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1534-1536.
16. Martin, S. J., and R. J. Siebeling. 1991. Identification of Virino vulnificus O serovars with antilipopolysaccharide monoclonal antibody. J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:1684-1688.
17. Massad, G., and J. D. Oliver. 1987. New selective and differential medium for Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio vulnificus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:2262-2264.
18. Oliver, J. D. 1989. Vibrio vulnificus, p. 570-600. In M. P Doyle (ed.), Foodborne bacterial pathogens. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y.
19. Oliver, J. D., R. A. Warner, and D. R. Cleland. 1983. Distribution of Vibrio vulnificus and other lactose-fermenting vibrios in the marine environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:985-998.
20. O'Neill, K. R., S. H. Jones, and D. J. Grimes. 1992. Seasonal incidence of Vibrio vulnificus in the Great Bay estuary of New Hampshire and Maine. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:3257-3262.
21. Pedersen, K., and J. L. Larsen. 1993. rRNA gene restriction patterns of Vibrio anguillarum serogroup O1. Dis. Aquat. Org. 16:121-126.
22. Rodrigues, D. P., R. V. Ribeiro, and E. Hofer. 1992. Analysis of some virulence factors of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Epidemiol. Infect. 108:436-467.
23. Simonson, J. G., and R. J. Siebeling. 1993. Immunogenicity of Vibrio vulnificus capsular polysaccharides and polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Infect. Immun. 61:2053-2058.
24. Stelma, G. N., Jr., A. L. Reyes, J. T. Peeler, C. H. Johnson, and P. L. Spaulding. 1992. Virulence characteristics of clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio vulnificus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:2776-2782.
25. Tacket, C. O., F. Brenner, and P. A. Blake. 1984. Clinical features and an epidemiological study of Vibrio vulnificus infections. J. Infect. Dis. 149:558-561.
26. Tison, D. L., and M. T. Kelly. 1986. Virulence of Vibrio vulnificus strains from marine environments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 51:1004-1006.
27. Tison, D. L., M. Nishibuchi, J. D. Greenwood, and R. J. Seidler. 1982. Vibrio vulnificus biogroup 2: new biogroup pathogenic for eels. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44:640-646.
28. Van de Peer, Y., and R. De Wachter. 1994. TREECON for Windows: a software package for the construction and drawing of evolutionary trees for the Microsoft Windows environment. Comput. Appl. Biosci. 10:569-570.
29. Veenstra, J., P. J. G. M. Rietra, J. M. Coster, E. Slaats, and S. Dirks-Go. 1994. Seasonal variations in the occurrence of Vibrio vulnificus along the Dutch coast. Epidemiol. Infect. 112:285-290.
30. Veenstra, J., P. J. G. M. Rietra, C. P. Stoutenbeek, J. M. Coster, H. H. W. De Gier, and S. Dirks-Go. 1992. Infection by an indole-negative variant of Vibrio vulnificus transmitted by eels. J. Infect. Dis. 166:209-210.
31. Warner, J. M., and J. D. Oliver. 1996. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Vibrio vulnificus, abstr. Q-460, p. 466. In Abstracts of the 96th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology 1996. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
32. Williams, J. G. K., A. R. Kubelik, K. J. Livak, J. A. Rafalski, and S. V. Tingey. 1990. DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers are useful as genetic markers. Nucleic Acids Res. 18:6531-6535.
33. Wise, K. A., and P. J. Newton. 1992. A fatal case of Vibrio vulnificus septicemia. Pathology 24:121-122.
34. Wright, A. C., R. T. Hill, J. A. Johnson, M.-C. Roghman, R. R. Colwell, and J. G. Morris, Jr. 1996. Distribution of Vibrio vulnificus in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:717-724.
35. Wright, A. C., G. A. Miceli, W. L. Landry, J. B. Christy, W. D. Watkins, and J. G. Morris, Jr. 1993. Rapid identification of Vibrio vulnificus on nonselective media with an alkaline phosphatase-labeled oligonucleotide probe. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:541-546.