First description of nonmotile Vibrio vulnificus strains virulent for eels

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Esteve, Consuelo ^a   Alcaide, Elena ^a   Herraiz, Sonia ^a   Canals, Rocío ^b   Merino, Susana ^b   Tomás, Juan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lack of polar flagellum; Presence of fla genes; Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2; Wild European eels; Wild type nonmotile strains

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EEL; FLA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EELS; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33845534539     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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