Biochemical fingerprinting of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by the PhenePlate system: Comparison between pandemic and non-pandemic serotypes

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 985-989

  Rahman, Mokhlasur ^a   Bhuiyan, N A ^b   Kuhn, I ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^c   Rahman, M ^b   Mollby, R ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; PHENOTYPE; SEAFOOD; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 33748351210     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006017     Document Type: Article

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