• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.688-693
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• 2020

Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative marine bacterium known to cause septicemia. This study was conducted to investigate the distribution of V. vulnificus along the coast of Gadeok Island in Korea and to determine the molecular characteristics of isolated strains sampled between March and November 2019 from seawater. The strains were mostly detected between July and September, when the average water temperature and average salinity were 22.2-26.2℃ and 14.2-29.9 psu, respectively. V. vulnificus was not detected in seawater below 15℃. In September, the highest population of V. vulnificus was observed at 2,100 MPN (most probable number)/100 mL, attributable to decreased salinity from heavy rains. In addition, the detection rate of V. vulnificus was higher at the sampling station near the Nakdong River. Virulence-related genes were also identified among the isolates, such as vvhA (97.1%), viuB (44.1%), and vcgC (57.4%). In particular, viuB and vcgC were only observed in V. vulnificus isolated from June to September, when the detection rate was high and water temperature was above 20℃, suggesting the role of seasonal characteristics.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.256-263
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• 2007

2006년도 인천지역 해양환경에서 분리된 Vibrio vulnificus에 대한 생화학적, 분자생물학적 특성 및 항생제 감수성 결과를 알아보았다. 본 실험에 사용된 균주는 총 233주로 해수, 갯벌, 어패류, 수족관수에서 분리되었다. API 20E kit 실험 결과 15개 profile로 분류되었으며, 모든 균주가 ONPG와 Amygdalin 양성이었다. 209주를 대상으로 vvhA와 viuB 유전자 부위에 대해 PCR 실험결과 vvhA는 206주(98.6%) 양성, viuB는 110주(52.6%)가 양성이었으며, 특히 viuB 유전자부위에 대한 PCR 결과는 해수, 어패류, 갯벌에서 분리한 균주의 48%, 48.5%, 61.1%가 양성인 것으로 나타났다. 시험균주 175주에 대해 항생제 감수성 실험 결과 Imipenem (100.0%), Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (98.9%), Tetracycline, Ciprofloxacin (98.3%), Ampicillin/sulbactam (97.1%), Chloramphenicol (96.6%), Cefepime (94.9%), Ceftriaxone (94.8%)이 감수성을 나타내었고, 항생제 하나 또는 그 이상의 약제에 대해 내성을 나타낸 것은 56주(32%)로 해수 28주(31.5%), 갯벌 21주(34.4%), 어패류 7주(29.2%)였다. V. vulnificus 233주에 대해 PFGE를 실시하여 dendrogram으로 분석한 결과 90%이상의 상동성 기준으로 126개의 유형으로 분리되었고, 58%이상의 상동성을 기준으로 13개의 cluster로 분류되었다. Cluster I는 104주(44.6%)로 가장 많은 균주들이 분포하였고 채취시기 대부분 I에 가장 많은 균주들이 분포하였으나 10월과 6월에 채취한 검체는 J에 16주(69.6%)와 13주(36.1%)로 가장 많은 균주들이 분포하였다. 7월에 채취한 검체에서 분리된 균주는 9개의 cluster에 속하였고 8월은 8개, 6월은 7개, 9월은 6개, 10월은 5개, 5월은 3개, 3월은 1개를 나타냈다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.6-12
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 비브리오 패혈증 예방과 치료에 유용한 항생제를 제시하기 위해 V. vulnificus의 독소유전자 분포와 항생제 내성을 분석하였다. 2015년부터 2017년까지 3년간 전남지역에서 발생한 비브리오 패혈증 환자로부터 분리되어 보관된 18균주와 전남지역에서 채취된 어패류 및 횟집 수족관수에서 분리된 5균주, 총 23균주를 대상으로 하였다. 실험에 사용된 V. vulnificus 23균주 모두 V. vulnificus로 재확인되었다. V. vulnificus 균주의 독소유전자를 분석한 결과, 23균주 중 19균주(82.6%)에서 RtxA 독소유전자가 확인되었고, 23균주 모두에서 viuB와 vvhA 독소유전자가 검출되었다. 이러한 결과는 독소유전자의 검출율이 기존 보고에 비해 높은 것이며, 실험에 사용한 모든 V. vulnificus 균주가 1개 이상의 독소유전자를 보유한 것으로 생선회 섭취와 상처를 통한 비브리오 패혈증 감염의 위험성이 상존하고 있었다. 따라서 횟집 종사자 등에 대한 비브리오 패혈증 예방 교육이 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. V. vulnificus에 대한 항생제 내성 실험결과 cefoxitin 항생제에 94.4%가 내성을 나타내었고, chloramphenicol과 tetracycline 등 14종의 항생제에 감수성을 나타내었다. 비브리오 패혈증 치료에 chloramphenicol과 tetracycline 항생제를 사용하는 현 치료법이 유용한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.912-917
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• 2021

We investigated the distribution, molecular characteristics, and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from seawater at Gadeok Island, the Republic of Korea between June to October. Interestingly no isolates were detected between December to February. The detection rate of V. vulnificus was high (80-100%) from July to September 2019 and from June to September 2020. This coincided with the relatively low salinity of the seawater, which ranged from 7.8-29.9 practical salinity units for that period. Additionally, V. vulnificus had a high detection rate at sampling stations near the Nakdong river. The detection rates of virulence genes, such as vvhA, viuB, and vcgC, among the isolates were 97.1%, 44.1%, and 57.4% in 2019 and 100%, 43.0%, and 50.0% in 2020, respectively. Notably, viuB and vcgC were detected in V. vulnificus isolated between June to October when water temperature was above 20℃. The antimicrobial susceptibility analysis of 80 isolates revealed that most of the strains were susceptible to most antimicrobial agents. However, some isolates showed intermediate resistance to cefepime (18.8%), cefoxitin (58.8%), and erythromycin (22.5%). Of note, 3.8% of the tested strains were resistant to cefoxitin. The minimum inhibitory concentration of highly cefoxitin-resistant strains was determined to be less than 32 ㎍/mL.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.918-926
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• 2021

We isolated 28 Vibrio vulnificus strains from seawater and fisheries and investigated the positive rate of eight virulence genes. Additionally, we evaluated the susceptibility of these strains to 25 antimicrobials. The positive rates of fur, vvhA, tcp, rtxA, vcgC, viuB, vvp, and acfA were 100, 92.9, 92.9, 67.9, 64.3, 25.0, 14.3, and 7.1%, respectively. A disk diffusion susceptibility test revealed that, all the investigated strains had the highest resistance to amoxicillin and oxacillin, followed by that to streptomycin (96.4%), cefoxitin (92.9%), clindamycin (82.1%), amikacin (67.9%), vancomycin (46.4%), nalidixic acid (7.1%), penicillin G (7.1%), and ampicillin (3.6%). Moreover, they were susceptible to 10 other antimicrobials, including cefotaxime, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, and rifampicin. Notably, amoxicillin, oxacillin, and streptomycin had average minimum inhibitory concentrations of 132.6, 603.4, and 23.1 ㎍/mL against V. vulnificus, respectively. These observations provide new insights regarding the necessity for sanitation of commercial fisheries and can potentially, help reduce the risk posed by fisheries contaminated with bacteria resistant to antimicrobials.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.558-568
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• 2023

Vibrio vulnificus is an aquatic bacterium causing septicemia and wound infection in humans. To understand this pathogen at the genomic level, it was performed whole genome sequencing of a cefoxitin-resistant strain, V. vulnificus 1908-10 possessing virulence-related genes (vvhA, viuB, and vcgC) isolated from Gadeok island coastal seawater in South Korea. The genome of V. vulnificus 1908-10 consisted of two circular contigs and no plasmid. The total genome size was estimated to be 5,018,425 bp with a guanine-cytosine (GC) content of 46.9%. We found 119 tRNA and 34 rRNA genes respectively in the genome, along with 4,352 predicted protein sequences. Virulence factor (VF) analysis further revealed that V. vulnificus 1908-10 possess various virulence genes in classes of adherence, antiphagocytosis, chemotaxis and motility, iron uptake, quorum sensing, secretion system, and toxin. In the comparison of the presence/absence of virulence genes, V. vulnificus 1908-10 had fur, hlyU, luxS, ompU, pilA, pilF, rtxA, rtxC, and vvhA. Of the 30 V. vulnificus comparative strains, 80% of the C-genotype strains have all of these genes, whereas 40% of the E-genotype strains have all of them. In particular, pilA were identified in 80% of the C-type strains and 40% of the E-type strains, showing more difference than other genes. Therefore, V. vulnificus 1908-10 had similar VF characteristics to those of type C strains. Multifunctional-autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxin of V. vulnificus 1908-10 contained 8 A-type repeats (GXXGXXXXXG), 25 B.1-type repeats (TXVGXGXX), 18 B2-type repeats (GGXGXDXXX), and 7 C-type repeats (GGXGXDXXX). The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) showed that the RtxA protein of V. vulnificus 1908-10 had the effector domain in the order of cross-liking domain (ACD)-C58_PaToxP-like domain- α/β hydrolase-C58_PaToxP-like domain.