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. 1998 Sep;64(9):3403–3410. doi: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3403-3410.1998

TABLE 1.

Strains used in this study

Straina Source (date [mo-yr]) Country Serovar Ee Ribotypef RAPD PCR resultg with primer:
M13 T3
ATCC 27562T Human wound infection USAi 1 4 h
C7184b Human blood USA 2 5 5
UMH1b Fatal wound infection USA 3 1
Vv1b Fatal wound infection USA 4 5 1
374b Septicemia case USA 5 5 5
L180b Septicemia case USA NDj 7
TW1 Tank water fish farm (10-90) Spain 6 1 5
LMG 12095 Eel Belgium 6 8 7
M631 Eel (9-90) Spain 7 2 2
D10 Sea bream fish farm (7-90) Spain 8 6 7
M76 Eel (7-90) Spain 8 6 7
E109 Eel (7-90) Spain 8 6 7
E110 Eel (7-90) Spain 8 6 7
M40 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M47 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M63 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M79 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M89 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M90 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M324 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M328 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M335 Eel (3-90) Spain 9 1 3
M626 Eel (9-90) Spain 9 1 1
M647 Eel (9-90) Spain 9 2 1
E112 Eel (9-90) Spain 9 2
E113 Eel (9-90) Spain 9 2
E114 Eel (9-90) Spain 9 1 1
P3 Tank water fish farm (6-97) Spain 10 1 4
P4 Tank water fish farm (6-97) Spain 10 1 4
P5 Tank water fish farm (6-97) Spain 10 1 4
P6 Tank water fish farm (6-97) Spain 10 1 4
143c Eel Belgium 11 4 7
LMG 12090c Eel Belgium 11 4 7
147c Eel Belgium 11 4 7
149c Eel Belgium 11 4 7
LMG 12092 Eel Belgium 11 4 7
155c Eel Belgium 11 4 7
161c Eel Belgium 11 4 7
169c Eel Belgium 11
160c Eel Belgium 12 8 6
167c Glass eel Belgium 13 9 1
248 Eel Belgium 13 9 2
249c Eel Belgium 13 9 2
170c Human blood Belgium 14
LMG 13637 Shrimp Thailand 15 8 6
VIB 537d Shrimp Thailand 15 6
VIB 521d Unknown Unknown 16 7
VIB 535d Eel Sweden 17
VIB 536d Eel Sweden 17 7
C1 Seawater (4-96) Spain 18 7 7
C2 Seawater (4-96) Spain 18 7 7
C32 Seawater (12-96) Spain 18 7 7
C33 Seawater (12-96) Spain 18 7 7
C36 Seawater (5-97) Spain 18 6 7
C37 Seawater (5-97) Spain 18 6 7
C38 Seawater (5-97) Spain 18 6 7
C39 Seawater (5-97) Spain 18 6 7
C3 Seawater (4-96) Spain 19 1 4
C4–C25 Wedge shell (5-96) Spain 20 1 7
C26 Seawater (5-96) Spain 21 11 12
C27 Seawater (5-96) Spain 22 11
C28 Seawater (5-96) Spain 22
C29 Seawater (5-96) Spain 23 13 12
C30 Seawater (5-96) Spain 23 13 12
C31 Seawater (5-96) Spain 24 7 7
C34 Seawater (5-97) Spain 25 12 9
C35 Seawater (5-97) Spain 25 12 9
C40 Wedge shell (5-97) Spain 26
C41 Seawater (6-97) Spain 27 10 11
C42 Seawater (6-97) Spain 28 10 10
C43 Common littleneck (6-97) Spain ND 10 11
C44 Common littleneck (8-97) Spain 29 10
C45 Wedge shell (8-97) Spain 30 10 10
C46 Wedge shell (8-97) Spain 31 5 7
C47 Wedge shell (8-97) Spain 31 5 7
ATCC 33149 Diseased eel Japan + 32 3 8
NCIMB 2136 Diseased eel Japan + 32 3 8
NCIMB 2137 Diseased eel Japan + 32 3 8
E4 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E12 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E22 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E24 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E32 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E37 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E39 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E40 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E52 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E56 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E58 Diseased eel (89) Spain + 32 3 8
E64 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
E80 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
E86 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
E92 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
M206 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
M338 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
E103 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
E105 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
E106 Diseased eel (90) Spain + 32 3 8
ER1 Diseased eel (92) Spain + 32 3 8
R1 Diseased eel (94) Spain + 32 3 8
R2 Diseased eel (94) Spain + 32 3 8
VIB 525d Diseased eel Sweden + 32 3 8
VIB 526d Diseased eel Sweden + 32 3 8
VIB 527d Diseased eel Sweden + 32 3 8
VIB 524d Diseased eel Norway + 32 3 8
171c Diseased eel Belgium + 32 7
VIB 523d Diseased eel Sweden + 32 7
NCIMB 2138 Diseased eel Japan + 33 3 8
LMG 13638 Shrimp Unknown + 33 3 8
A1 Diseased eel (97) Spain + 33 3 8
VIB 522d Human blood Unknown + 34 3 8
a

ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va.; NCIMB, National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria, Aberdeen, Scotland; LMG, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Rijksuniversiteit, Ghent, Belgium. Strains in boldface correspond to the new V. vulnificus isolates (C1 to C47 are Mediterranean isolates; P3 to P6 and A1 are new eel farm isolates). 

b

Supplied by J. D. Oliver, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. 

c

Supplied by L. Grisez, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium. 

d

Supplied by L. Verdonck, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Rijksuniversiteit, Ghent, Belgium. 

e

Ascription to serovar E was performed by slide agglutination with serum anti-E39 (diseased-eel isolate). +, serovar E; −, not serovar E. 

f

Ribotype designations are each preceded by RT (e.g., RT 1). 

g

Clusters obtained by RAPD PCR after the UPGMA analysis. 

h

—, ungrouped strain. 

i

USA, United States. 

j

ND, not determined.