TABLE 1.
Phenotypic traits of Matlab types I, II, and III of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 isolated from patients hospitalized with acute secretory diarrhea in Bangladesh
| Type | No. of strains | No. of strains of serotype:
|
VP testa | Sensitivity to poly- myxin B (50 U)b | CAAa | Phage sensitivitya
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Ogawa | Group IV (El Tor biotype specific) | Group V (classical biotype specific) | |||||
| Matlab I | 2 | 2 | 0 | − | R | − | R | R |
| Matlab II | 1 | 0 | 1 | − | S | − | S | R |
| Matlab III | 21 | 0 | 21 | − | R | − | S | R |
| El Tor MAK757 | 1 | 0 | 1 | + | R | + | S | R |
| Classical 154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | − | S | − | R | S |
a
+, positive; −, negative.
b
Abbreviations: R, resistant; S, sensitive.