Analysis of the thermostable direct hemolysin (tdh) gene and the tdh- related hemolysin (trh) genes in urease-positive strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated on the west coast of the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1965-1971

  Okuda, Jun ^a   Ishibashi, Masanori ^b   Abbott, Sharon L ^c   Janda, J Michael ^c   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030742039     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1965-1971.1997     Document Type: Article

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