PilF polymorphism-based PCR to distinguish Vibrio vulnificus strains potentially dangerous to public health

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1328-1333

  Roig, Francisco J ^a   Sanjuán, Eva ^a   Llorens, Amparo ^a   Amaro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMPLIFICATION;

STRAIN;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; FISH; GENE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 77649230178     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01042-09     Document Type: Article

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