Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O139 Synonym Bengal Isolated from Patients with Cholera-Like Disease in Bangladesh

Vibrio cholerae O139 (synonym Bengal), a novel serovar of V. cholerae, is the causative agent of large outbreaks of cholera-like illness currently sweeping India and Bangladesh. Eight randomly selected V. cholerae O139 isolates were studied for their biological properties, which were compared with t...

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Published in:MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY 1993, Vol.37(12), pp.971-974
Main Authors: Higa, Naomi, Honma, Yasuko, Albert, M. John, Iwanaga, Masaaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteriology
Bangladesh
Biological and medical sciences
Cholera
Cholera - microbiology
Cholera Toxin - biosynthesis
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hemagglutination
Hemolysis
Humans
Microbiology
New serovar
Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains
Phage 4
Polymyxin B - pharmacology
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae - chemistry
Vibrio cholerae - drug effects
Vibrio cholerae - immunology
Vibrio cholerae - physiology
Vibrio cholerae O139
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Summary:Vibrio cholerae O139 (synonym Bengal), a novel serovar of V. cholerae, is the causative agent of large outbreaks of cholera-like illness currently sweeping India and Bangladesh. Eight randomly selected V. cholerae O139 isolates were studied for their biological properties, which were compared with those of V. cholerae O1 and other V. cholerae non-O1. The V. cholerae O139 isolates were characterized by the production of large amount of cholera toxin, hemagglutination, weak hemolytic properties, resistance to polymyxin B, lysogeny with, and production of, kappa type phage (4/8 isolates only), and resistance to both classical and E1 Tor-specific phages. Thus, V. cholerae O139 isolates had an overall similarity with V. cholerae O1 E1 Tor.
ISSN:0385-5600
1348-0421
DOI:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1993.tb01731.x