title: Serotypes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from hydrobiologically dissimilar aquatic environments.
abstract: Serological analysis of the O and K antigens was performed on 324 isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus obtained from three hydrobiologically dissimilar aquatic environments. Only 50.9% of the strains could be serotyped. The largest number of untypable strains and the lowest serological diversity were observed from the freshwater collection. Three serotypes, O2:K28, O5:K17, and O2:K3, dominated among all biotopes. There appears to be some distinction between serotypes of environmental and clinical origins.
mesh_terms: D005618:Fresh Water; D007194:India; D012623:Seawater; D012703:Serotyping; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology