TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bilung, Lesley Maurice 
AU  - Radu, Son 
AU  - Bahaman, Abdul Rani 
AU  - Rahim, Raha Abdul 
AU  - Napis, Suhaimi 
AU  - Kqueen, Cheah Yoke 
AU  - Murugaiah, Chandrika 
AU  - Hadi, Yousr Abdul 
AU  - Robin, Tunung 
AU  - Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki 
PY  - 2005
TI  - Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna-PCR Typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Local Cockles (Anadara granosa)
JF  - American Journal of Immunology
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajisp.2005.31.36
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajisp.2005.31.36
AB  - Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was used in this study to examine the genetic relatedness among the Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains. In the analysis by RAPD-PCR, the size for RAPD fragments ranged from 0.25 to 10.0 kb with average number of ten bands. The RAPD profiles revealed a high level of DNA sequence diversity within the Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains tested. Hence, this study, demonstrated that the local cockles (Anadara granosa) in the study area are populated by genetically polymorphic strains of V. parahaemolyticus. In addition, RAPD-PCR is simple, robust and sensitive typing methods to differentiate the V. parahaemolyticus strains.