TABLE 1.
Characteristics of 36 Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates used in the multicenter study of a rapid standardized pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocola
Isolate | Yr of isolation | Country of isolation | Serotypeb
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Presence of the following genec:
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PFGE profiled
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O | K | tl | tdh | trh | toxRS/new sequence | orf8 | SfiI | NotI | |||
VPS01 | 1998 | Bangladesh | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | + | 1 | 1 |
VPS02 | 2000 | Bangladesh | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | + | 2 | 2 |
VPS03 | 1998 | Bangladesh | 4 | 68 | + | + | − | + | + | 3 | 3 |
VPS04 | 1998 | Bangladesh | 4 | 68 | + | + | − | + | + | 3 | 3 |
VPS05 | 1998 | Bangladesh | 1 | UT | + | + | − | + | + | 4 | 4 |
VPS06 | 2000 | Bangladesh | 1 | UT | + | + | − | + | + | 4 | 5 |
VPS07 | 2004 | Hong Kong | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | + | 5 | 6 |
VPS08 | 2005 | Hong Kong | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | − | 6 | 7 |
VPS09 | 2004 | Hong Kong | 4 | 8 | + | + | − | − | − | 7 | 8 |
VPS10 | 2005 | Hong Kong | 4 | 8 | + | + | − | − | − | 8 | 9 |
VPS11 | 2004 | Hong Kong | 3 | 29 | + | + | − | − | − | 9 | 10 |
VPS12 | 2005 | Hong Kong | 3 | 29 | + | + | − | − | − | 10 | 11 |
VPS13 | 2002 | India | 4 | 68 | + | + | − | + | + | 11 | 12 |
VPS14 | 2001 | India | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | + | 12 | 13 |
VPS15 | 2002 | India | 1 | UT | + | + | − | + | + | 13 | 4 |
VPS16 | 2004 | India | 1 | UT | + | + | − | + | + | 14 | 14 |
VPS17 | 2002 | India | 1 | 25 | + | + | − | + | + | 12 | 15 |
VPS18 | 2004 | India | 1 | 25 | + | − | − | + | + | 15 | 16 |
VPS19 | 2004 | Japan | 1 | UT | + | + | − | + | + | 3 | 4 |
VPS20 | 2004 | Japan | 1 | UT | + | + | + | − | − | 16 | 17 |
VPS21 | 1981 | Japan | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | − | − | 17 | 18 |
VPS22 | 1981 | Japan | 3 | 6 | + | − | + | − | − | 18 | 19 |
VPS23 | 1994 | Japan | 4 | 12 | + | + | + | − | − | 19 | 20 |
VPS24 | 1996 | Japan | 4 | 12 | + | + | − | − | − | 20 | 21 |
VPS25 | 2004 | Thailand | 1 | 38 | + | − | − | − | − | 21 | 22 |
VPS26 | 2005 | Thailand | 1 | 38 | + | + | − | − | − | 22 | 23 |
VPS27 | 2005 | Thailand | 2 | 28 | + | − | − | − | − | 23 | 24 |
VPS28 | 2005 | Thailand | 2 | 28 | + | − | − | − | − | 24 | 25 |
VPS29 | 2005 | Thailand | 3 | 54 | + | − | − | − | − | 25 | 26 |
VPS30 | 2005 | Thailand | 3 | 54 | + | − | − | − | − | 26 | 27 |
VPS31 | 1997 | USA | 4 | 12 | + | + | + | − | − | 27 | 28 |
VPS32 | 1998 | USA | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | + | 28 | 29 |
VPS33 | 2001 | USA | 3 | 6 | + | + | − | + | + | 2 | 2 |
VPS34 | 2001 | USA | 4 | 12 | + | + | + | − | − | 29 | 30 |
VPS35 | 2003 | USA | 6 | 18 | + | − | − | − | − | 30 | 31 |
VPS36 | 2004 | USA | 6 | 18 | + | + | + | − | − | 31 | 32 |
The seven isolates chosen for the phase II study are shown in boldface type.
UT, untypeable.
+, present; −, absent.
PFGE profiles were assigned numbers arbitrarily.