Physical and genetic map of the genome of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Presence of two chromosomes in Vibrio species

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1513-1521

  Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^a   Iida, Tetsuya ^a   Park, Kwon Sam ^a   Yamamoto, Koichiro ^a,b   Honda, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FLUVIALIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0032986438     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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