Diseases of Humans (Other than Cholera) Caused by Vibrios

Blake, P A; Weaver, R E; Hollis, D G

doi:10.1146/annurev.mi.34.100180.002013

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“…They are closely associated with many kinds of marine organisms, from plankton to fish (Cerdà-Cuéllar et al, 1997;MacDonald et al, 1986;Nair et al, 1988;Onarheim et al, 1994;Simidu et al, 1969Simidu et al, , 1971Sochard et al, 1979). Some species are found as symbionts in specialized luminous organs of marine fish and invertebrates (Lee & Ruby, 1994;Leisman et al, 1980;Reichelt et al, 1977;Ruby & Asato, 1993;Ruby & Morin, 1978), whereas many other species are pathogens of humans or marine animals (Blake et al, 1980;Borrego et al, 1996;Egidius et al, 1986;Hada et al, 1984;Ishimaru et al, 1996;Schiewe et al, 1981). These halophilic, facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative rods are known to include both nitrogen-fixers and denitrifiers (Guerinot & Colwell, 1985;Guerinot et al, 1982;Shieh & Lin, 1992Shieh & Liu, 1996;Shieh & Yang, 1997;Shieh et al, 1989), though the definitions given in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology in 1984 indicated that these bacteria include neither nitrogen-fixers nor denitrifiers Baumann & Schubert, 1984;.…”

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Vibrio ruber sp. nov., a red, facultatively anaerobic, marine bacterium isolated from sea water

Shieh

2003

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

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NoteVibrio ruber sp. nov., a red, facultatively anaerobic, marine bacterium isolated from sea water Institute of Botany, Academy Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan A red, heterotrophic, marine bacterium, designated strain VR1 T , was isolated from a sea-water sample collected in the shallow coastal region of Keelung, Taiwan. Cells of the novel strain were facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative rods that were motile by means of a polar flagellum. The strain grew optimally at 25-30˚C and pH 6-7. Growth required the presence of NaCl, the optimal concentration being about 2 %. The red pigment produced by the cells was identified as prodigiosin. Strain VR1 T grew anaerobically by fermenting glucose and other carbohydrates and producing acids and gases. The strain did not require either vitamins or other organic growth factors for growth. It contained 2-OH-16 : 0 and 3-OH-14 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 45?8 mol%. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characterization indicated that strain VR1 T represents a novel species in the genus Vibrio. Strain VR1 T is phenotypically similar to Vibrio gazogenes. However, the reduction of nitrate to nitrite, the ability to utilize D-arabinose, melibiose and L-glycine as sole carbon sources, the inability to utilize sorbitol as a sole carbon source, resistance to O/129 and susceptibility to erythromycin and novobiocin allow differentiation between V. gazogenes and strain VR1 T . The name Vibrio ruber sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species, with strain VR1 T (=CCRC 17186 T =JCM 11486 T ) as the type strain.Marine, halophilic, facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria are currently placed in the genera Vibrio , Photobacterium , Listonella (MacDonell & Colwell, 1985) and Moritella (Urakawa et al., 1998) of the family Vibrionaceae. They are ubiquitous in estuarine, coastal and oceanic waters and in marine sediments (Huq & Colwell, 1995;Simidu & Tsukamoto, 1985;Simidu et al., 1982). They are closely associated with many kinds of marine organisms, from plankton to fish (Cerdà-Cuéllar et al., 1997;MacDonald et al., 1986;Nair et al., 1988;Onarheim et al., 1994;Simidu et al., 1969Simidu et al., , 1971Sochard et al., 1979). Some species are found as symbionts in specialized luminous organs of marine fish and invertebrates (Lee & Ruby, 1994;Leisman et al., 1980;Reichelt et al., 1977;Ruby & Asato, 1993;Ruby & Morin, 1978), whereas many other species are pathogens of humans or marine animals (Blake et al., 1980;Borrego et al., 1996;Egidius et al., 1986;Hada et al., 1984;Ishimaru et al., 1996;Schiewe et al., 1981). These halophilic, facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative rods are known to include both nitrogen-fixers and denitrifiers (Guerinot & Colwell, 1985;Guerinot et al., 1982;Shieh & Lin, 1992Shieh & Liu, 1996;Shieh & Yang, 1997;Shieh et al., 1989), though the definitions given in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology in 1984 indicated that these bacteria include neither nitrogen-fixers nor denitrifiers Baumann & Schubert, 1984;.Vibrio a...

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Vibrio ruber sp. nov., a red, facultatively anaerobic, marine bacterium isolated from sea water

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“…The genus Vibrio includes pathogenic species such as Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus, V. mimicus and V. fluvialis (1). Toxic factors produced by these pathogenic vibrios, such as cholera toxin (5) and the related toxins or hemolysins, have been extensively investigated (8).…”

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Purification of a Serine Protease of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Its Characterization

Ishihara

Kawanishi

Watanabe

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Microbiology and Immunology

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A 50 kDa protease designated as VPP1 was purified from the culture supernatant of a clinical strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Sephacryl S-200 HR gel filtration and Fractogel EMD TMAE 650 ion-exchange chromatography. VPP1 was inhibited by EDTA, EGTA and serine protease inhibitors, suggesting that it is a calcium-dependent serine protease. N-terminal amino acid sequence of VPP1 was quite similar to that of V. metschnikovii protease and antibody against VPP1 inhibited the activity of V. metschnikovii protease, suggesting the similarity of the two proteases. It was demonstrated that VPP1 or its related protease widely distribute in not only V. parahaemolyticus but also V. alginolyticus.

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“…In addition, we have recently demonstrated (Fouz and Toranzo, unpublished data) that some of these vibrios are V. damsela which was described as a common pathogen from fish, reptiles and mammals (Blake et al, 1980;Love et al, 1981). Occasionally, the external signs of these atypical vibrioses in turbot are lesions centered on the mouth and head which create clinical manifestations similar to the enteric redmouth syndrome of salmonids infected by Yersinia ruckeri.…”

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Epizootic study in a turbot farm: bacteriology, virology, parasitology and histology

Novoa¹,

Nún˜ez²,

Fernández-Puentes³

et al. 1992

Aquaculture

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Diseases of Humans (Other than Cholera) Caused by Vibrios

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Vibrio ruber sp. nov., a red, facultatively anaerobic, marine bacterium isolated from sea water

Vibrio ruber sp. nov., a red, facultatively anaerobic, marine bacterium isolated from sea water

Purification of a Serine Protease of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Its Characterization

Epizootic study in a turbot farm: bacteriology, virology, parasitology and histology

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