A selective medium and a specific probe for detection of Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 855-859

  Cerdà Cuéllar, Marta ^a   Jofre, Joan ^a   Blanch, Anicet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; COLISTIN; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POLYMYXIN B; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA PROBE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PROBES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CAMPBELLII; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO NAVARRENSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0343938886     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.855-859.2000     Document Type: Article

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