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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 1999, p. 2748-2753, Vol. 65, No. 6
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Occurrence, Diversity, and Pathogenicity of Halophilic Vibrio spp. and Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae from Estuarine Waters along the Italian Adriatic Coast

Elena Barbieri,1,* Loredana Falzano,2 Carla Fiorentini,2 Anna Pianetti,1 Wally Baffone,1 Alessia Fabbri,2 Paola Matarrese,2 Annarita Casiere,3 Mohammad Katouli,4 Inger Kühn,4 Roland Möllby,4 Francesca Bruscolini,1 and Gianfranco Donelli2

Istituto di Scienze Tossicologiche, Igienistiche e Ambientali, University of Urbino,1 Department of Ultrastructures, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome,2 and Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, Fano,3 Italy, and Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden4

Received 15 October 1998/Accepted 4 March 1999

The occurrence, diversity, and pathogenicity of Vibrio spp. were investigated in two estuaries along the Italian Adriatic coast. Vibrio alginolyticus was the predominant species, followed by Vibrio parahaemolyticus, non-O1 Vibrio cholerae, and Vibrio vulnificus. By using a biochemical fingerprinting method, all isolates were grouped into nine phenotypes with similarity levels of 75 to 97.5%. The production of toxins capable of causing cytoskeleton-dependent changes was detected in a large number of Vibrio strains. These findings indicate a significant presence of potentially pathogenic Vibrio strains along the Adriatic coast.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Istituto di Scienze Tossicologiche, Igienistiche e Ambientali, University of Urbino, Via S. Chiara 27, 61029 Urbino, Italy. Phone: 39-0722-350585. Fax: 39-0722-4717. E-mail: barbieri{at}uniurb.it.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 1999, p. 2748-2753, Vol. 65, No. 6
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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