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LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 5, Pages 379-386Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12060
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Khnifiss lagoon; MALDI-TOF MS; V; parahaemolyticus; Vitek 2
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- Direction of Research and Doctoral Studies [EA-4438]
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We establish the presence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and deepen the comparison of isolates using MALDI-TOF MS for the typing of isolates originating from the Khnifiss lagoon (Morocco). Amongst 48 samples from sea water, sediment and shellfish isolated from different sites of Khnifiss lagoon, Morocco, we obtained 22 isolates of V.parahaemolyticus identified by Vitek 2 System (bioMerieux) and MALDI Biotyper (Bruker Daltonics). All isolates were highly resistant to ampicillin and ticarcillin, moderately resistant to cefalotin, but sensitive to 16 other antimicrobials tested. MALDI-TOF MS was used to discriminate between closely related environmental strains of V.parahaemolyticus. A clustering and distribution based on MALDI-TOF spectra were generated using the BioTyper 1.1 software. Despite low diversity in regard to the biochemical characteristics and antimicrobial resistance, the isolates evoke a larger biodiversity when analysed through mass spectra of abundant proteins. Different evaluations of a cut-off value showed that, when placed at a 10% threshold of the whole diversity, isolates differed by at least three mass peaks.
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