Detection and characterization of the hemolysin genes in Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas sobria by multiplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1048-1054

  Wang, Gehua ^a   Clark, Clifford G ^a   Liu, Chenyi ^a   Pucknell, Chad ^a   Munro, Cindy K ^a   Kruk, Tamara M A C ^a   Caldeira, Richard ^a   Woodward, David L ^a   Rodgers, Frank G ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; VERO CELLS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII BV. SOBRIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037335870     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1048-1054.2003     Document Type: Article

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