Methods for isolation and confirmation of Vibrio vulnificus from oysters and environmental sources: A review

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-316

  Harwood, Valerie J ^a   Gandhi, Jagruti P ^b   Wright, Anita C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

identification; molecular methods; selective differential media; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CELLOBIOSE; CITRIC ACID; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; POLYMYXIN B; SUCROSE; THIOSULFATE;

AGAR MEDIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 6044278198     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.08.001     Document Type: Review

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