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Table 1 Features of strains of different complexes

From: Genome plasticity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: microevolution of the 'pandemic group'

  

% Percentage (number of strains)

Complex

Number of strains

Clinical

Pandemic

VPaI-5+

PGS-PCR+

VPA1322-1369+

tdh +

trh +

  

59 (22)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

49(18)

54 (20)

C2

12

100 (12)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

100 (12)

C3

39

100 (39)

100 (39)

100 (39)

100 (39)

100 (39)

100 (39)

0 (0)

C4

42

100 (42)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

100 (42)

98 (41)

7 (3)

C5

35

17 (7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

9 (3)

11 (4)

Unassigned

9

33 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

44 (4)

44 (4)

Total

174

72 (125)

22 (39)

22 (39)

22 (39)

47 (81)

60 (105)

25 (43)

  1. C2: the old-O3:K6 clone; C3: the pandemic clone.