Detection of total and hemolysin-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shellfish using multiplex PCR amplification of tl, tdh and trh

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-225

  Bej, Asim K ^a   Patterson, Donald P ^a   Brasher, Cynthia W ^a   Vickery, Michael C L ^a   Jones, Daniel D ^a   Kaysner, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Microorganism; Multiplex PCR; Shellfish; Vibrio parahemolyticus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

OSTREIDAE; TRAGOPOGON PORRIFOLIUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032899631     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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