Characterization of a Cholera Toxin Gene-Negative Clinical Strain of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1381-

  Singh, D V ^a   Bhanumathi, R ^b   Colwell, R R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 12144286679     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1381.2004     Document Type: Letter

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