Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with the cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp., elucidated by polymerase chain reaction and transmission electron microscopy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-40

  Islam, M S ^a   Rahim, Z ^a   Alam, M J ^a   Begum, S ^a   Moniruzzaman, S M ^a   Umeda, A ^b   Amako, K ^b   Albert, M J ^a   Sack, R B ^c   Huq, A ^d   Colwell, R R ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Cholera; Immunoelectron microscopy; Polymerase chain reaction; Reservoirs; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GELATIN; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 13044276994     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90171-2     Document Type: Article

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