Intraspecific characterization of Vibrio tapetis strains by use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, ribotyping, and plasmid profiling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1449-1452

  Castro, Dolores ^a   Romalde, Jesus L ^b   Vila, Jordi ^c   Magariños, Beatriz ^b   Luque, Antonio ^a   Borrego, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO;

BIVALVIA; VIBRIO TAPETIS;

EID: 0030937397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1449-1452.1997     Document Type: Article

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