Molecular characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus of similar serovars isolated from sewage and clinical cases of diarrhoea in Calcutta, India

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 771-776

  Sarkar, B ^a   Chowdhury, N R ^a   Nair, G B ^b   Nishibuchi, M ^c   Yamasaki, S ^d   Takeda, Y ^e   Gupta, S K ^f   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA; Sewage; tdh gene; V. parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0242286602     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026020914351     Document Type: Article

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