Publication: Evidence for genetic linkage between the ure and trh genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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1997-01-01
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00222615
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Medical Microbiology. Vol.46, No.8 (1997), 639-645
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Tetsuya Iida, Orasa Suthienkul, Kwon Sam Park, Guang Qing Tang, Ryohei K. Yamamoto, Masanori Ishibashi, Koichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Honda Evidence for genetic linkage between the ure and trh genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Journal of Medical Microbiology. Vol.46, No.8 (1997), 639-645. doi:10.1099/00222615-46-8-639 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17994
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Evidence for genetic linkage between the ure and trh genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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Although V. parahaemolyticus does not generally produce urease, several studies have reported urease-positive V. parahaemolyticus isolates from clinical sources. Recently, studies have shown a complete coincidence between the urease-producing phenotype of V.. parahaemolyticus strains and the possession of the thermostable direct haemolysin (TDH)-related haemolysin (TRH) gene (trh). TRH, like TDH, is considered to be an important virulence factor in the pathogenesis of V.. parahaemolyticus gastroenteritis. The present study attempted to identify the gene ure encoding urease in K parahaemolyticus to clarify the relationship between urease production and possession of trh. The polymerase chain reaction with mixed oligonucleotide primers targeted for conserved sequences of reported ure genes from other species was used to prepare a DNA probe to detect the V. parahaemolyticus ure gene. Colony hybridisation with this ure probe demonstrated that all the ure- positive strains produced urease. Considering the coincidence between production of urease and possession of trh in V. parahaemolyticus, it was concluded that the presence or absence of the ure gene is completely coincident with that of the trh gene in V. parahaemolyticus strains. Furthermore, the relative location of ure and trh on V. parahaentolyticus chromosomal DNA was analysed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The results showed that, in all the strains examined, ure and trh were detected on the same NotI fragment, showing that the two genes localise within a relatively small portion of the chromosome DNA. These results suggest that the ure and trh genes are genetically linked in V. parahaemolyticus strains.