[Phages of halophilic vibrios].

The morphology and antigenic properties of 34 phages of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus strains isolated from Black Sea water, as well as their range of lytic activity and specificity of action, have been studied. Most of these phages have been found to lyze both V.

[The isolation of Vibrio fluvialis on the territory of the USSR].

For the first time V. fluvialis strains were detected on the territory of the USSR. The taxonomic position of these vibrios was determined by their nucleotide DNA composition (the content of guanine + cytosine was 49.

[Clinico-epidemiological characteristics of diseases caused by halophilic vibrios along the coast of the Sea of Azov].

The epidemiological and clinical features of alimentary toxinfections caused by halophilic vibrios on the Crimean coast of the Sea of Azov at the period of 1976-1984 were studied. Toxinfections were linked mainly with the use of sea-food subjected to different kinds of culinary treatment and took the course of gastroenteritis. To prevent toxinfections caused by halophilic vibrios, the technology, as well as sanitary and hygienic norms, should be strictly observed in the production of sea-food; besides, special methods of bacteriological diagnosis should be introduced into practice at laboratories of medical institutions and fish-processing plants.