Phenotypic and genotypic biotyping of environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated in Italy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4102-4106

  Filetici, Emma ^a   Bonadonna, Lucia ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^a   Anastasio, Maria Paola ^a   Fantasia, Mirella ^a   Shimada, Toshio ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME; GENOTYPE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030845964     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.4102-4106.1997     Document Type: Review

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