Virulence genes in halophilic Vibrio spp. isolated in common mussels

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-96

  Deriu, A ^a   Sechi, L A ^a   Molicotti, P ^a   Spanu, M L ^a   Zanetti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Shellfish; Vibrio spp.; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ACE TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TCPA PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE; TOXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TOXR PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE; TOXS PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZONULA OCCLUDENS TOXIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIVALVIA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036358326     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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