Evidence for an intermediate colony morphology of Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4356-4359

  Rosche, Thomas M ^a   Smith, Ben ^a   Oliver, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ENCAPSULATED FORM; PHOSPHATASE; TR COLONIES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

MICROORGANISMS;

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COLONY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERMEDIATE COLONY MORPHOLOGY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERTANT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION; WZB GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33745178817     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02937-05     Document Type: Article

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