Virulence genes in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 4022-4028

  Chakraborty, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Bhadra, R K ^a   Ghosh, A N ^a   Mitra, R ^a   Shimada, T ^a   Yamasaki, S ^a   Faruque, S M ^a   Takeda, Y ^a   Colwell, R R ^a   Nair, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033823695     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.9.4022-4028.2000     Document Type: Article

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