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Molecular Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates from Seawater, Fish Tanks, and Distributed Fishery Products in Jeju

제주지역 해수, 수족관물, 유통수산물에서 분리된 장염비브리오균의 분자생물학적 특성

  • Man Jae Cho (Microbiology division, Jeju Institute of Health and Environment) ;
  • Eunok Kang (Microbiology division, Jeju Institute of Health and Environment) ;
  • Ye-seul Heo (Microbiology division, Jeju Institute of Health and Environment) ;
  • Eun A Koh (Microbiology division, Jeju Institute of Health and Environment)
  • 조만재 (제주특별자치도 보건환경연구원 미생물과) ;
  • 강은옥 (제주특별자치도 보건환경연구원 미생물과) ;
  • 허예슬 (제주특별자치도 보건환경연구원 미생물과) ;
  • 고은아 (제주특별자치도 보건환경연구원 미생물과)
  • Received : 2023.07.04
  • Accepted : 2023.08.02
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

V. parahaemolyticus causes waterborne and foodborne disease such as acute diarrhea. In this study, V. parahaemolyticus isolates from seawater, fish tanks, and distributed fishery products in Jeju were investigated for potential toxin or species-specific genes (tdh, trh, tlh, and toxR) using RT-PCR and their genetic characteristics were analyzed using Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Overall, V. parahaemolyticus of 90 strains (36.7%), including 33 strains from seawater, 8 strains from fish tanks, and 50 strains from fishery products, were isolated from 245 samples. All V. parahaemolyticus strains did not detect the tdh gene, whereas all strains detected tlh or toxR genes. In addition, trh genes were detected in 3 strains from seawater and 1 strain from fishery products. Monthly quantitative testing of seawater revealed that V. parahaemolyticus was positively correlated with water temperature. The 90 strains of V. parahemolyticus obtained in this study showed by gene homology between types, ranging from 64.0-97.3%. Among these, thirteen types showed 100% homology between genes. These results indicate that continuous monitoring is needed to facilitate food poisoning epidemiological investigations because some isolated V. parahaemolyticus strains harbored toxin genes and V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from seawater, fish tanks, and distributed fishery products showed genetic similarity.

장염비브리오균은 급성 설사와 같이 수인성·식품매개 질병을 일으키는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 제주지역 해수, 수족관수, 유통 수산물에서 분리한 장염비브리오균을 real-time PCR을 이용하여 잠재적인 독소 유전자 또는 종특이성 유전자(tdh, trh, tlh, toxR)를 조사하고, 이 균주의 유전적인 특성을 PFGE로 분석하였다. 총 245개 시료 중 해수에서 33주, 수족관수에서 7주, 수산물에서 50주로 90주(36.7%)의 장염비브리오균을 분리하였다. 모든 장염비브리오균에서 tdh 유전자는 검출되지 않았지만, tlh 유전자 또는 toxR 유전자는 검출되었다. 또한, 해수에서 3주와 수산물에서 1주 분리된 균주에서 trh 유전자가 검출되었다. 매달 해수를 정량검사한 결과 장염비브리오균은 수온과 양의 상관관계를 가지고 있었다. 90주의 장염비브리오균은 64.0-97.3% 범위에서 유사한 유전자 상동성을 보였다. 이중에서 13개 유형에서 유전자 상동성이 100%였다. 이러한 결과는 일부 독소 유전자를 가진 장염비브리오균이 분리되었고, 해수, 수족관물, 유통 수산물에서 분리된 장염비브리오균 사이에 유전적 유사성이 있기 때문에 식중독 역학조사에 도움이 되도록 지속적인 모니터링이 필요함을 나타낸다.

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본 연구는 제주특별자치도 보건환경연구원 연구사업의 지원으로 수행되었기에 감사드립니다.

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