<sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>The present study aimed to survey the Vibrio microbiota of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorae) obtained from restaurants in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil, and to identify virulence factors.</sec><sec><title> METHODS: &l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100103 |
| Summary: | <sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>The present study aimed to survey the Vibrio microbiota of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorae) obtained from restaurants in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil, and to identify virulence factors.</sec><sec><title> METHODS: </title>The isolated vibrios were submitted to biochemical identification and were tested for hemolytic and urease activities. </sec><sec><title>RESULTS:</title> The isolated strains belonged to 13 species, with predominance of Vibrio mimicus. Of the strain isolates only from fresh samples, 20.5% and 2.8% showed hemolytic and urease activities, respectively. </sec><sec><title>CONCLUSIONS:</title> The findings support the little-publicized claim that Vibrio species other than V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus can represent a health risk to public health.</sec> |
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| ISSN: | 0037-8682 1678-9849 |