Vibrio vulnificus typing based on simple sequence repeats: Insights into the biotype 3 group

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2951-2959

  Broza, Yoav Y ^a   Danin Poleg, Yael ^a   Lerner, Larisa ^b   Broza, Meir ^c   Kashi, Yechezkel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTYPE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FISH DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 34548697496     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00236-07     Document Type: Article

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