期刊
FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
卷 18, 期 2, 页码 139-146出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2020.2798
关键词
Vibrio parahaemolyticus; freshwater fish; MLST
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC1601503]
- 13th Five-Year National Major Science and Technology Projects of China [2018ZX10714002]
- Medical and Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang [2018RC027, 2020KY524, WKJ-ZJ-1917]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY20H190001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81801978]
The study revealed the presence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in freshwater fish samples in Zhejiang Province, China, with genetically diverse populations. Freshwater fish may serve as a reservoir for pathogenic and pandemic V. parahaemolyticus isolates, posing potential public health and food safety risks.
Objectives: The previous researches revealed that Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been detected in freshwater fish samples. However, the molecular characteristics of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from freshwater fish, including pathogenic and pandemic strains, are still unknown. This study aims to characterize and identify molecular properties of the bacterium. In addition, it identifies the source of V. parahaemolyticus from freshwater fish samples in Zhejiang Province, China. Methods: Four hundred and twenty-one freshwater fish samples (from fishing farms, retail markets, and restaurants) and 212 seafood samples (from retail markets) were collected in 10 cities of Zhejiang Province. V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from these samples and comparatively analyzed by multilocus sequence typing, serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility test, and polymerase chain reaction, targeting common toxin genes (tdh, trh) and markers for pandemic strains (orf8, toxRS/new). Results: Sixty-eight V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from the 421 freshwater fish samples, and 89 V. parahaemolyticus isolates were identified out of 212 seafood samples. The detection rate of V. parahaemolyticus was significantly different (p < 0.05) between the fishing farms, the retail markets, and the restaurants. The isolates from freshwater fish samples were divided into eight O serotypes with three O3:K6 isolates, which contain three pandemic complexes (tdh(+), orf8(+), toxRS/new(+)). A total of 53 different sequence types (STs) were identified among the 68 isolates, including 28 novel STs. Antimicrobial susceptibility results indicated that 76.5% of the strains were resistant to ampicillin. A third (3/9) of the isolates from fishing farm sources shared the same STs with their counterparts from retail markets. Compared with the isolates from the seafood samples collected in the same sampling sites, 13.2% (9/68) freshwater fish isolates overlapped with seafood isolates. Conclusions: Our study showed that V. parahaemolyticus population in freshwater fish is genetically diverse. The V. parahaemolyticus contaminates might have come from both fishing farm sources and cross-contamination from seafood in the closed area at the markets. Freshwater fish may work as a reservoir of pathogenic and pandemic V. parahaemolyticus isolates, indicating potential public health and food safety risks associated with the consumption of freshwater fish.
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