Occurrence of urease-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Kanagawa, Japan, with specific reference to presence of thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) and the TDH-related-hemolysin genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 725-727

  Osawa, Ro ^a   Okitsu, Tadayuki ^a   Morozumi, Hirotoshi ^a   Yamai, Shiro ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; O ANTIGEN; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030028117     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.725-727.1996     Document Type: Article

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