Microbial and histopathological study of the vibriosis caused by Vibrio vulnificus serovar E in eels: The metalloprotease Vvp is not an essential lesional factor

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 386-393

  Valiente, E ^a   Padros F ^b   Lamas, J ^c   Llorens, A ^a   Amaro, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eels; Histolopathology; Metalloprotease; Vibrio vulnificus; Vibriosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN VVP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD FLOW; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EEL; FISH DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EELS; FISH DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 56549113776     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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