Title |
Presence of genes for type III secretion system 2 in Vibriomimicus strains
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Published in |
BMC Microbiology, November 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-10-302 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Natsumi Okada, Shigeaki Matsuda, Junko Matsuyama, Kwon-Sam Park, Calvin de los Reyes, Kazuhiro Kogure, Takeshi Honda, Tetsuya Iida |
Abstract |
Vibrios, which include more than 100 species, are ubiquitous in marine and estuarine environments, and several of them e.g. Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus and V. mimicus, are pathogens for humans. Pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus strains possess two sets of genes for type III secretion system (T3SS), T3SS1 and T3SS2. The latter are critical for virulence of the organism and be classified into two distinct phylogroups, T3SS2α and T3SS2β, which are reportedly also found in pathogenic V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 serogroup strains. However, whether T3SS2-related genes are present in other Vibrio species remains unclear. |
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