Intraspecific differentiation of Vibrio vulnificus biotypes by amplified fragment length polymorphism and ribotyping

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2600-2606

  Arias, Covadonga R ^a   Verdonck, Linda ^b   Swings, Jean ^b   Garay, Esperanza ^a   Aznar, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANGUILLIFORMES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030879424     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2600-2606.1997     Document Type: Article

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