Genetic distinctions among clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6136-6141

  Chatzidaki Livanis, Maria ^a   Hubbard, Michael A ^b   Gordon, Katrina ^c   Harwood, Valerie J ^c   Wright, Anita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

DNA POLYMORPHISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRAINS; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PALINDROMIC DNA;

BACTERIUM; BLOOD; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLLUSC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATALITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; ISRAEL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE EXTRAGENIC PALINDROMIC DNA POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTICEMIA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33748768185     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00341-06     Document Type: Article

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