ompU genes in non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae associated with aquaculture

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 338-343

  Karunasagar, Indrani ^a,d   Rivera, I ^b   Joseph, B ^a   Kennedy, B ^a   Shetty, V R ^a   Huq, A ^c   Karunasagar, Iddya ^a   Colwell, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University   (India)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; CTX gene cluster; ompU; toxR; V. cholerae

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BODY FLUIDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALTS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

BILE SALTS; CTX GENE CLUSTER; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTERS; OMPU; TOXIGENIC; TOXR; V CHOLERA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

GENES;

BILE SALT;

AQUACULTURE; GENETICS; PATHOGEN;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE; GENE CLUSTER; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0042160249     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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