Volume 11, Number 11—November 2005
Dispatch
Vibrio cholerae Pathogenic Clones
Anna Salim*, Ruiting Lan†, and Peter R. Reeves*
Table
Isolates of Vibrio cholerae tested
| Original name | Laboratory name | Clone/isolate | Year isolated | Location | Source* | Serogroup | Biotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #75 | M967 | 6th pandemic | 1921 | Japan | CDC | O1 | Classical |
| 395 | M1616 | 6th pandemic | 1965 | India | CVD | O1 | Classical |
| E506 | M794 | US Gulf Coast | 1974 | Texas, USA | CVD | O1 | El Tor |
| 4808 | M796 | US Gulf Coast | 1978 | Louisiana, USA | CVD | O1 | El Tor |
| NCTC 9420 | M640 | Pre-7th pandemic | 1954 | Cairo, Egypt | NCTC | O1 | El Tor |
| NCTC 5395 | M543 | Pre-7th pandemic | 1938 | Baghdad, Iraq | NICED | O1 | El Tor |
| 66-2 (Makassar 759) | M802 | Pre-7th pandemic | 1937 | Sulawesi, Indonesia | IP | O1 | El Tor |
| SIMP/77 | M2140 | Australian | 1977 | Australia | QH | O1 | El Tor |
| M4287/77 | M2141 | Australian | 1977 | Australia | QH | O1 | El Tor |
| 2100 | M663 | 7th pandemic | 1992 | Bali, Indonesia | IMVS | O1 | El Tor |
| E9120 | M793 | 7th pandemic | 1961 | Indonesia | CVD | O1 | El Tor |
| N16961† | 7th pandemic | 1971 | Bangladesh | GenBank | O1 | El Tor | |
| 1085-93 | M549 | Environmental | 1993 | Germany | NIHJ | O37 | |
| 141-94 | M553 | Environmental | 1994 | Germany | NIHJ | O70 | |
| 905-93 | M555 | Environmental | 1993 | Argentina | NIHJ | O97 | |
| 928-93 | M557 | Environmental | 1993 | Argentina | NIHJ | O6 | |
| 370-94 | M563 | Environmental | 1994 | South Korea | NIHJ | O81 |
*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CVD, Centre for Vaccine Development (Dr James Kaper); NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures; NICED, National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Diseases; IP, Institute Pasteur (Dr A. Dodin); QH, Queensland Health (Dr Denise Murphy); IMVS, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science; NIHJ, National Institute of Health, Japan (Dr Tohio Shimada).
†Sequence of the genome of isolate N16961 was used. GenBank accession numbers for chromosomes 1 and 2 are AE003852 and AE003853, respectively.
