Molecular characterisation and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio alginolyticus isolated from mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Ripabelli, Giancarlo ^a   Sammarco, M L ^a   McLauchlin, J ^b   Fanelli, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b Food Safety Microbiology Laboratory Div of Gastrointestinal Infections   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Molecular characterisation; Plasmid profiling; RAPD; sAFLP; Vibrio alginolyticus; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DECARBOXYLATION; ESTUARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STOMACH PH; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0037368838     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337407     Document Type: Article

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