Clonal diversity among recently emerged strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 associated with pandemic spread

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2354-2357

  Bag, Prasanta K ^a   Nandi, Suvobroto ^b   Bhadra, Rupak K ^b   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Nishibuchi, M ^c   Hamabata, T ^d   Yamasaki, Shinji ^d   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^d   Nair, G Balakrish ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLONE; GENOME; INDIA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0033026745     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2354-2357.1999     Document Type: Article

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