Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus serovar E from aquatic habitats in Taiwan
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Vibrio vulnificus serovar E strains from aquatic habitats in Taiwan that are not virulent to eels have been isolated. Polymerase chain reaction of the cytolysin-hemolysin gene was used in studying the strains. Tryptone soya agar and tryptone soya broth were used as culture substrates. The Vibrio samples were obtained from water and oysters and are different from eel virulent strains in their fermentation, utilization of mannitol, ribotyping after HindIII digestion and susceptibility to eel serum.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
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Evidence that water transmits Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 infections to eels
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Experimental studies using eel indicate that Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2, which exhibits ability to survive in brackish water, spreads via water and infect healthy eels. Waterborne infectivity requires the presence of a bacterial capsule. The dependence of the spread of the disease on water salinity and temperature suggests ways to decrease the risk of epizootics and that of infections for humans.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1995
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Transmission to eels, portals of entry, and putative reservoirs of Vibrio vulnificus serovar E (biotype 2)
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Vibrio vulnificus serovar E can form biofilms on the skin of eels and appears to gain entry via the gills or in contaminated food. The microorganism was also found in tank water during a natural outbreak in an eel farm.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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