[Detection of TDH-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 from naturally contaminated shellfish using an immunomagnetic separation method and chromogenic agar medium]

Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 2001 Nov;75(11):955-60. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.75.955.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We attempted to isolate TDH-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 from shellfish. Asari samples were incubated with TSB supplemented with 2% (w/v) NaCl for 6 h, and then the 6-h cultures were incubated with salt polymyxin broth for 18 h. After the two-step enrichment, a 1 ml portion of the culture was treated with magnetic beads coated with K6 antibody for immunoconcentration of V. parahaemolyticus O3:K6. The immunoconcentrated and untreated cultures were plated onto a chromogenic agar and TCBS agar media for isolation of V. parahaemolyticus. TDH-producing V. parahaemolyticus O3:K6 was isolated from 3 out of 66 lots (4.5%) of naturally contaminated Asari. Six of 4,265 colonies suspected as V. parahaemolyticus (0.14%) were TDH-producing V. parahaemolyticus O3:K6.

MeSH terms

  • Agar
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods
  • Chromogenic Compounds
  • Hemolysin Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Immunomagnetic Separation
  • Shellfish / microbiology*
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus / isolation & purification*
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Chromogenic Compounds
  • Hemolysin Proteins
  • thermostable direct hemolysin
  • Agar