TABLE 3.
Presence of heme iron utilization genes in Vibrio species
| V. cholerae DNA probe | Fragment size(s) (kb) obtained in hybridization to chromosomal DNA froma:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
V. parahaemolyticus
|
V. alginolyticus BE2-542 | V. fluvialis BE2-819 | |||
| 474801 | M47314 | 115 | |||
| hutA | 2.9, 0.6 | 2.9, 0.6 | 2.9, 0.6 | 6.0, 2.0 | NDHb |
| hutC | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 2.9 |
| tonB1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 9.0 | NDH |
| exbB1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 6.1 |
| tonB2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 5.2c |
a
Values are approximate sizes of the HindIII fragments to which the probes hybridized.
b
NDH, no detectable hybridization.
c
Hybridization signal was weaker than that observed with other species.