Differentiation of Environmental and Clinical Isolates of Vibrio mimicus from Vibrio cholerae by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2360-2364

  Vieira, Verônica V ^a   Teixeira, Luiz Fernando M ^a,b   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^a   Momen, Hooman ^a   Salles, Carlos André ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMES; HUMANS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035346928     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2360-2364.2001     Document Type: Article

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