title: Occurrence, diversity, and pathogenicity of halophilic Vibrio spp. and non-O1 Vibrio cholerae from estuarine waters along the Italian Adriatic coast.
abstract: The occurrence, diversity, and pathogenicity of Vibrio spp. were investigated in two estuaries along the Italian Adriatic coast. Vibrio alginolyticus was the predominant species, followed by Vibrio parahaemolyticus, non-O1 Vibrio cholerae, and Vibrio vulnificus. By using a biochemical fingerprinting method, all isolates were grouped into nine phenotypes with similarity levels of 75 to 97.5%. The production of toxins capable of causing cytoskeleton-dependent changes was detected in a large number of Vibrio strains. These findings indicate a significant presence of potentially pathogenic Vibrio strains along the Adriatic coast.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Tossicologiche, Igienistiche e Ambientali, University of Urbino, Italy. barbieri@uniurb.it
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Falzano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiorentini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pianetti
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baffone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matarrese
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casiere
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katouli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kühn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Möllby
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruscolini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016466:CHO Cells; D016923:Cell Death; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D006224:Cricetinae; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010802:Phylogeny; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence; D014871:Water Microbiology