Refined medium for direct isolation of Vibrio vulnificus from oyster tissue and seawater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3098-3100

  Warner, Elizabeth ^a   Oliver, James D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GENES; SEAWATER; TISSUE;

ISOLATION; OYSTER TISSUE; V. VULNIFICUS GENOTYPE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; GENOTYPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENOTYPE; NORTH CAROLINA; OSTREIDAE; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 34248209503     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02245-06     Document Type: Article

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