Toxin production by Aeromonas sobria in natural environments: River water vs. seawater

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Khan, Rasel ^a   Takahashi, Eizo ^a   Nakura, Hironori ^a   Ansaruzzaman, Mohammad ^b   Banik, Sukalyani ^a   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^c   Okamoto, Keinosuke ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Salinity; Toxin; Water

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SEA WATER;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SALINITY;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

EID: 58149462487     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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