Detection and genetic analysis of group II capsules in Aeromonas hydrophila

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1051-1060

  Zhang, Y L ^a   Lau, Y L ^a   Arakawa, E ^b   Leung, K Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHAGOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TILAPIA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINUS CARPIO; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TILAPIA;

EID: 0038366739     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26144-0     Document Type: Review

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