Draft Genome Sequences of Six Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Early Mortality Syndrome/Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease Shrimp in Thailand

Hidehiro Kondo; Sasiwipa Tinwongger; Porranee Proespraiwong; Rapeepat Mavichak; Sasimanas Unajak; Reiko Nozaki; Ikuo Hirono

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00221-14

Draft Genome Sequences of Six Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Early Mortality Syndrome/Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease Shrimp in Thailand

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 10;2(2):e00221-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00221-14.

Authors

Hidehiro Kondo¹, Sasiwipa Tinwongger, Porranee Proespraiwong, Rapeepat Mavichak, Sasimanas Unajak, Reiko Nozaki, Ikuo Hirono

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Genome Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

Some strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus cause acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp. We sequenced 3 AHPND and 3 non-AHPND strains and found that all of them lacked the pathogenicity island relevant to human infection. A unique sequence encoding a type IV pilus/type IV secretion system was found in 3 AHPND strains.