Vibrio vulnificus, a notably lethal human pathogen derived from seafood: A review of its pathogenicity, subspecies characterization, and molecular methods of detection

Food Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-94

  Levin, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotypes; Clinical; Eels; ELISA; MLEEE; Pathogenicity; PCR RFLP; RAPD; Review; Ribotyping; RT PCR; Serogroups; Serovars; VBNC; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PATHOLOGY; REFRIGERATION;

GENE SEQUENCE; MARINE COASTAL WATER; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS (MLEEE); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA;

ANGUILLIFORMES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 15744374283     PISSN: 08905436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FBT-200049071     Document Type: Review

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