TABLE 1.
Characteristics of V. fluvialis-like isolates obtained from ill lobstersa
| Isolate | Plasmid (no. of bands) | PFGE type | Sheep HA | Hemolysin | API profile no. | TCBS growth 48 h | Salt tolerance at concn:
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Biotype
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| 0 | 2% | 4% | 8% | Salicin | Gas glucose | |||||||
| 1AMA | + (3) | A | + | − | 3044104 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 2E1MA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 3DMA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 4D119MA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 5E2MA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 6A1MA | + (3) | A | + | − | 3044104 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 7E1AMA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 8D122MA | + | B | + | − | 3044126 | NG | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 9DMA | + (3) | B | + | − | 3044126 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 10C119MA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 11EMA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 15A4TSA | + (3) | A | + | − | 3044104 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 18C110MA | + (2) | B | + | − | 3044126 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| 27F3MA | + (2) | C | − | + | 3046105 | G | − | + | + | + | + | − |
| 28F4MA | + (2) | C | − | + | 3046105 | G | − | + | + | − | + | − |
| 31F7G | − | UT | − | + | 3046105 | G | − | + | + | + | + | − |
| DB6 | − | A1 | + | − | 3046104 | G | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| DB7 | + | B | − | − | 3246124 | Y | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| DB8 | + | A2 | + | − | 3246104 | G | − | + | − | − | − | − |
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Abbreviations: G, sucrose-negative colonies; Y, sucrose-positive colonies; NG, no growth; UT, untypeable; HA, hemagglutinin. +, positive for indicated attribute; −, negative for indicated attribute.