Highly diverse recombining populations of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in French Mediterranean coastal lagoons

Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae are ubiquitous to estuarine and marine environments. These two species found in Mediterranean coastal systems can induce infections in humans. Environmental isolates of V. cholerae (n = 109) and V. parahaemolyticus (n = 89) sampled at different dates, stat...

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Published in:Frontiers in microbiology 2015-07, Vol.6, p.708-708
Main Authors: Esteves, Kévin, Mosser, Thomas, Aujoulat, Fabien, Hervio-Heath, Dominique, Monfort, Patrick, Jumas-Bilak, Estelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteriology
Biodiversity
Genetics
human pathogens
Life Sciences
Microbiology
Microbiology and Parasitology
multi-locus sequence analysis
phylogeny
Populations and Evolution
recombination
Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy
Vibrio
virulence factor
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Summary:Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae are ubiquitous to estuarine and marine environments. These two species found in Mediterranean coastal systems can induce infections in humans. Environmental isolates of V. cholerae (n = 109) and V. parahaemolyticus (n = 89) sampled at different dates, stations and water salinities were investigated for virulence genes and by a multilocus sequence-based analysis (MLSA). V. cholerae isolates were all ctxA negative and only one isolate of V. parahaemolyticus displayed trh2 gene. Most Sequence Types (ST) corresponded to unique ST isolated at one date or one station. Frequent recombination events were detected among different pathogenic species, V. parahaemolyticus, V. cholerae, Vibrio mimicus, and Vibrio metoecus. Recombination had a major impact on the diversification of lineages. The genetic diversity assessed by the number of ST/strain was higher in low salinity condition for V. parahaemolyticus and V. cholerae whereas the frequency of recombination events in V. cholerae was lower in low salinity condition. Mediterranean coastal lagoon systems housed V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus with genetic diversities equivalent to the worldwide diversity described so far. The presence of STs found in human infections as well as the frequency of recombination events in environmental vibrios populations could predict a potential epidemiological risk.
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00708