Identification of Aeromonas trota (hybridization group 13) by amplification of the aerolysin gene using polymerase chain reaction

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-98

  Khan, A A ^a   Nawaz, M S ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Cerniglia, C E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerolysin gene; Aeromonas trota; Detection; Hybridization group 13; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HEMOLYSIN; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS ENTEROPELOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033120850     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1999.0222     Document Type: Article

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