Typing of Vibrio vulnificus strains by variability in their 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer regions

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-337

  González Escalona, Narjol ^a,b,c   Jaykus, Lee Ann ^a   DePaola, Angelo ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FDA Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHELLFISH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 34948852834     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0005     Document Type: Article

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