Levels of thermostable direct hemolysin produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 and other serovars grown anaerobically with the presence of a bile acid

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-305

  Osawa, Ro ^a   Arakawa, Eiji ^b   Okitsu, Tadayuki ^c   Yamai, Shiro ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; HEMOLYSIN; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SEA WATER; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT HEMOLYSIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONAL VARIATION; FOOD POISONING; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; SEAWATER; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0036548620     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0051-3     Document Type: Article

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