Detection of Arcobacter spp. in the Coastal Environment of the Mediterranean Sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1271-1276

  Fera, M T ^a   Maugeri, T L ^b   Gugliandolo, C ^b   Beninati, C ^a   Giannone, M ^a   La Camera, E ^a   Carbone, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA; SEAWATER;

PLANKTON SAMPLES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AGAR; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; ARCOBACTER SKIRROWII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCOBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; ARCOBACTER SKIRROWII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642272277     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1271-1276.2004     Document Type: Article

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