Distribution of five vibrio virulence-related genes among Vibrio harveyi isolates

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Bai, Fangfang ^a   Pang, Lingling ^a   Qi, Zizhong ^a   Chen, Jixiang ^a   Austin, Brian ^b   Zhang, Xiao Hua ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; flaB; flaC; tcpA; toxS; Vibrio harveyi; Virulence related genes; zot

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLAB; PROTEIN FLAC; PROTEIN TCPA; PROTEIN TOXS; PROTEIN ZOT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FISH; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 41649100362     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.71     Document Type: Article

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