Comparison of a commercial biochemical kit and an oligonucleotide probe for identification of environmental isolates of Vibrio vulnificus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-188

  Dalsgaard, A ^a   Dalsgaard, I ^a   Hoi L ^a   Larsen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

ALKALINES; CELLOBIOSE; COLISTIN; COLONY HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMYXIN B; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER-SEDIMENTS;

PROBES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030066431     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01138.x     Document Type: Article

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