Occurrence, seasonality and genetic diversity of Vibrio vulnificus in coastal seaweeds and water along the Kii Channel, Japan

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Mahmud, Zahid Hayat ^a,b   Neogi, Sucharit Basu ^a   Kassu, Afework ^b,c   Mai Huong, Bui Thi ^b,d   Jahid, Iqbal Kabir ^a   Islam, Mohammad Sirajul ^a   Ota, Fusao ^b  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Ribotype; Seasonal abundance; Seaweeds; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; GENETICS; SEASONALITY; SEAWEED; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; JAPAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SALINITY; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KII CHANNEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 42249098498     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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