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Published on: November 8, 2016
Ribotyping of vibrio populations associated with cultured oysters (Ostrea edulis)
M C Macián1, E Garay, F González-Candelas
1Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Spain.
Abstract:
The intraspecific variability of Vibrio splendidus, V. harveyi and V. tubiashii recovered from oysters (Ostrea edulis) collected at the Mediterranean coast near Valencia, Spain, was analyzed by ribotyping. The two former species represented the most abundant ones, and the third one was the only species described as pathogenic for oysters. A total of 115 environmental strains were studied, 84 of V. splendidus, 23 of V. harveyi and 8 of V. tubiashii. Chromosomal DNA was digested with KpnI and hybridized with an oligonucleotide probe complementary to a highly conserved sequence in the 23S rRNA gene. Ribotyping among natural populations of the three species rendered 5 to 9 bands, and showed a high genetic diversity, with a ratio no. of strains/no. of ribotypes between 1.1 and 1.5. Cluster analysis of V. splendidus ribotypes suggests a seasonal pattern of incidence, with those ribotypes corresponding to winter and spring samples being maintained in the oysters over the year.
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