Detection of genes encoding cholera toxin (CT), zonula occludens toxin (ZOT), accessory cholera enterotoxin (ACE) and heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) in Vibrio mimicus clinical strains

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 823-828

  Shi, Lei ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholera virulence cassette; Heat stable enterotoxin; Serogroups; Vibrio mimicus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 0032406874     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02357.x     Document Type: Article

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