FOOD SCIENCE

• Reviews • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Recent Progress in Research on Vibrio parahaemolyticus Virulence Factors and Pathogenic Mechanism

ZHANG Defu1, FU Xulei1, ZHANG Ming2, YANG Wenhui3, YANG Huiying3, TANG Yiwei1, GAO Xue1, XU Yongxia1, LI Jianrong1,*   

  1. 1. Food Safety Key Laboratory of Liaoning Province, College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013,
    China; 2. College of New Energy, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity,
    Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, China
  • Online:2015-04-15 Published:2015-05-05

Abstract:

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the key foodborne pathogens and its virulence factors include adherence
factors, invasiveness factors, hemolysins, urease, lipopolysaccharide, outer membrane proteins, type Ⅲ secretion system and
ferric uptake system. In this article, V. parahaemolyticus virulence factors and its pathogenic mechanism are summarized,
which will hopefully provide references for further research of the molecular pathogenesis, and rapid and accurate detection
of V. parahaemolyticus.

Key words: Vibrio parahaemolyticus, virulence factors, pathogenesis, hemolysin, type Ⅲ secretion system

CLC Number: