High frequency of hemolytic and cytotoxic activity in Aeromonas spp. isolated from clinical, food and environmental in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Castilho, Magda C B ^a   Castro, Tatiana L A ^a   Araújo, Viviane S ^a   Trajano, Rosemere S ^a   Santos, Paula A ^a   Pimenta, Paula M C ^a   Lucheze, Kely ^a   Melo, Janyne T B ^a   Gonçalves, Aline M ^a   Nogueira, Raquel T ^a   Luna, Maria Graças ^a   Freitas Almeida, Angela C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerolysin genes; Aeromonas spp.; PCR; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL; WATER SAMPLING;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CELL DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII;

EID: 67349243330     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9335-6     Document Type: Article

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