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Classify and evaluate the genetic and phenotypic relationships between environmental and clinical Vibrio isolates to verify existing taxonomic frameworks in tropical settings.

October 1, 1989International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Numerical Taxonomy and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness of Environmental and Clinical Vibrio Species Isolated in Indonesia

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EME MolitorisLos Angeles County Department of Health Services MMM. A. MARIICairo University SJSudha JosephInternational Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

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Taxonomic analysis reveals overlapping environmental and clinical Vibrio clusters among tropical isolates, indicating standard classification systems effectively identify pathogenic waterborne...

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Classify and evaluate the genetic and phenotypic relationships between environmental and clinical Vibrio isolates to verify existing taxonomic frameworks in tropical settings.
Gathered and analyzed taxonomic data for 229 Vibrio strains isolated from fecal, seawater, and seafood specimens collected in Jakarta, Indonesia (N=229).
Applied numerical taxonomic algorithms utilizing simple matching and Jaccard coefficients, and conducted deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hybridization on initially unassigned strain clusters.
Identified the majority of clinical isolates as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae, or Vibrio mimicus, and environmental isolates as Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus.
Demonstrated that Vibrio parahaemolyticus clusters comprised both clinical and environmental isolates, with phenotypic biotypes lacking strict correlation to isolation source.
Resolved four initially unclassified isolate groups into Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio alginolyticus, or candidate novel Vibrio species via DNA hybridization.

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Molitoris et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a84254b064c65267cc6bc05 https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-4-442

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Taxonomic analysis reveals overlapping environmental and clinical Vibrio clusters among tropical isolates, indicating standard classification systems effectively identify pathogenic waterborne...

Numerical Taxonomy and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness of Environmental and Clinical Vibrio Species Isolated in Indonesia

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