title: Virulence genes in halophilic Vibrio spp. isolated in common mussels.
abstract: Twenty-five Vibrio strains belonging to nine different species, isolated in common mussels, were examined for the presence of different virulence genes: ctxA, tcpA, toxR, toxS, ace, zot and vpi previously found in pathogenic Vibrio cholerae strains. Our results suggest that there is a wide dissemination of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes among the various Vibrio species tested. This finding raises the question of whether a different approach should be taken to study "environmental" Vibrio strains.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deriu
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sechi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molicotti
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Spanu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zanetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004731:Endotoxins; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D013045:Species Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: C081530:Ace toxin; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004731:Endotoxins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C085807:TcpA protein, Vibrio cholerae; D014157:Transcription Factors; C499324:toxR protein, Vibrio cholerae; C066719:toxR protein, bacteria; C066828:ToxS protein, Vibrio cholerae; C077728:zonula occludens toxin, Vibrio cholerae; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D002772:Cholera Toxin