Detection and characterization of virulence genes and integrons in Aeromonas veronii isolated from catfish

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-331

  Nawaz, Mohamed ^a   Khan, Saeed A ^a   Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Sung, Kidon ^a   Tran, Quynhtien ^a   Kerdahi, Khalil ^b   Steele, Roger ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Catfish; PCR; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SEA FOOD; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAFOOD; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS VERONII;

EID: 77949270760     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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