Phenotypic and genotypic biotyping of environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated in Italy.
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The purpose of this study was to characterize strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated in Italy from different sources by biochemical and serological assays, antibiotic susceptibility testing, and molecular biotyping. Serotyping and genomic analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis proved to be useful in discriminating the isolates. The data obtained show a wide heterogeneity at the genomic level, and in keeping with this, the serogrouping classification provided evidence of a high variability of the investigated strains. In addition, none of the strains tested produced cholera-like toxins.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
دوره 63 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997