Protocol for specific isolation of virulent strains of Vibrio vulnificus serovar E (Biotype 2) from environmental samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7024-7032

  Sanjuán, Eva ^a   Amaro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; TISSUE;

SALINE EEL SERUM BROTH (SEB); SEROVAR; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS MEDIUM (VVM); VIRULENT STRAINS;

VIRUSES;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; GROWTH CURVE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS SEROVAR E;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EELS; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SEAWATER; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 10444225546     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7024-7032.2004     Document Type: Article

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