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Molecular characterization of thermostable direct haemolysin-related haemolysin (TRH)-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus from oysters in Mangalore, India.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2006
Parvathi Ammini, Kumar H Sanath, Bhanumathi Amarbahadur, Ishibashi Masanori, Nishibuchi Mitsuaki, Karunasagar Indrani, Karunasagar Iddya
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains producing either or both of a thermostable direct haemolysin (TDH) and a TDH-related haemolysin (TRH) encoded by tdh and trh genes, respectively, are isolated at a low rate from the environment. However, recently we observed that a considerable percentage of APW (alkaline peptone water) enrichment broths of oysters collected off Mangalore India, were trh(+), rather than...
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