Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of vibrio vulnificus strains isolated from Taiwan and the United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5153-5158

  Wong, Hin Chung ^a   Chen, Shau Yan ^a   Chen, Meng Yi ^a   Oliver, James D ^d   Hor, Lien I ^c   Tsai, Wen Cherng ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STRAIN;

CLINICAL STRAINS; RIBOTYPING; WOUND INFECTIONS;

GELS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN NOTI; PROTEIN SFII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 4644231430     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5153-5158.2004     Document Type: Article

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