Identification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains at the species level by PCR targeted to the toxR gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1173-1177

  Kim, Yung Bu ^a,c   Okuda, Jun ^a   Matsumoto, Chiho ^a   Takahashi, Naoki ^b   Hashimoto, Satoru ^b   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kansai Airport Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0344959574     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1173-1177.1999     Document Type: Article

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