Heterogeneity among isolates of Vibrio vulnificus recovered from eels (Anguilla anguilla) in Denmark

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4676-4682

  Høi, Lise ^a   Dalsgaard, Inger ^a   Depaola, Angelo ^b   Siebeling, Ronald J ^c   Dalsgaard, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INDOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031737241     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4676-4682.1998     Document Type: Article

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