Occurrence and expression of luminescence in Vibrio cholerae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 708-715

  Grim, Christopher J ^a,b   Taviani, Elisa ^b   Alam, Munirul ^c   Huq, Anwar ^a,b   Sack, R Bradley ^d   Colwell, Rita R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e 3103 Biomolecular Sciences Building No 296 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOLUMINESCENT STRAINS; LUMINESCENCE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; LUX4 GENE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MARYLAND; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHESAPEAKE BAY; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 38949208035     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01537-07     Document Type: Article

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