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| Author(s): |
Lígia Carolina Lavezzo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2015-08-31 |
| Examining board members: |
Ana Clara Guerrini Schenberg;
Welington Luiz de Araujo;
Dolores Ursula Mehnert;
Claudiana Paula de Souza Sales;
Elisabete Jose Vicente
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| Advisor: | Ana Clara Guerrini Schenberg |
| Abstract | |
The aim of this study was to characterize at the molecular level Vibrio species isolated from seawater, plankton, bivalves samples from Canal de São Sebastião (n=78), Baixada Santista (n=37) and Ubatuba (n=17), to analyze antimicrobial susceptibility and the major virulence-associated genes. The results showed ciprofloxacin, meropenem, nalidixic acid sensitivity, ampicillin, and cephalothin resistance, and a significant percentage of multidrug resistance (Ubatuba: 64.7%; Baixada Santista: 48.6%; Canal de São Sebastião: 43%). Four seawater isolates were found positive for the stn/sto virulence gene. MLSA allowed the identification of V.alginolyticus, V.fluvialis, V.campbellii, V.harveyi in Ubatuba; V.fluvialis, V.alginolyticus, V.campbellii, V.rotiferianus, V.harveyi, V.diabolicus, V.atypicus, V.coralliilyticus, V.maritimus, V.parahaemolyticus and V.tubiashii in Canal de São Sebastião, and V.alginolyticus, V.parahaemolyticus, V.rotiferianus, V.campbellii, V.harveyi, V.communis, V.maritimus, V.fluvialis, V.fortis, V.natriegens, and V.navarrensis in Baixada Santista. (AU) | |