Forty-four strains of Vibrio anguillarum serogroup 0 1 isolated from dead or diseased fish from several, mainly European, countries were selected for rRNA gene restriction pattern analysis. With HindIII, 6 different ribotypes were detected of which 1 profile was dominant with respect to geographical distribution as well as fish species. Also with EcoRI, 6 patterns were found; 1 profile was clearly dominant. The majority of strains belonging to the dominant Hind111 profile also expressed the dominant EcoRI profile. It is concluded that ribotyping may be a valuable tool in epidemiological investigations and for research purposes within V anguiflarum serogroup 01.
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Pedersen et al. (1993) studied this question.