Development of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with freshwater fish-borne gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Tsang, Alan K L ^b   Tse, Herman ^a,b   Tsang, Vivien Y M ^b   Chan, King Man ^b   Lee, Edwin K Y ^b   Chan, Jim K H ^b   Ma, Shirley S L ^b   Tam, Dorothy M W ^b   Chung, Liliane M W ^b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEISSERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRAVEL;

EID: 60649108647     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-21     Document Type: Article

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