Improved Method for Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Seafood

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5819-5823

  Hara Kudo, Yukiko ^a   Nishina, Tokuhiro ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^c   Konuma, Hirotaka ^d   Hasegawa, Junko ^b   Kumagai, Susumu ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Kenbikyo in Foundation   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLLUSC; SEA FOOD; VIBRIO PARAHEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MOLLUSCA; SEAFOOD; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0035650533     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5819-5823.2001     Document Type: Article

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