Real-time PCR detection of the thermostable direct hemolysin and thermolabile hemolysin genes in a Vibrio parahaemolyticus cultured from mussels and mussel homogenate associated with a foodborne outbreak

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1005-1008

  Davis, Carisa R ^a   Heller, Loree C ^a,d   Peak, K Kealy ^a   Wingfield, David L ^b   Goldstein Hart, Cynthia L ^c   Bodager, Dean W ^b   Cannons, Andrew C ^a   Amuso, Philip T ^a,b   Cattani, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Division of Environmental Health   (United States)

^d TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 2442597107     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.5.1005     Document Type: Article

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