Efficiency of real-time polymerase chain reaction assay to detect Vibrio vulnificus in seawater

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Kamio, Akira ^a   Hara Kudo, Yukiko ^b   Miyasaka, Jiro ^c   Yahiro, Shunsuke ^c   Konuma, Hirotaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Kumamoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detection; Real time PCR; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 50649099669     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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