Isolation of urease-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus from diarrheal patients in northeast Brazil.
Of 21 human fecal strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, isolated on the Northeast Coast of Brazil, eight (38%) were urease positive. Most of these strains, in contrast to the urease-negative ones, did not produce the hemolysin responsible for the Kanagawa phenomenon.
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Laboratório Keizo Asami, Universidade Federal de Pemambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
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D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D014510:Urease / Q000378:metabolism*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D014510:Urease