Restriction fragment length polymorphism of the tdh and trh genes in clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains.
The restriction fragment length polymorphism of the genes encoding thermostable direct hemolysin (tdh) and thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (trh) was analyzed for 137 strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from specimens from diarrheal patients in Thailand. The HindIII restriction fragment patterns of tdh and trh were grouped into five and four types, respectively. A strong association between the restriction fragment patterns of tdh and trh was observed with V. parahaemolyticus strains.
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Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan.
Iida
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Park
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Ishibashi
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Supavej
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Yamamoto
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Honda
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013045:Species Specificity; D013785:Thailand; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C088609:thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin protein, Vibrio parahaemolyticus; C068489:thermostable direct hemolysin