Serological and molecular characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus marine strains carrying pandemic genetic markers

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1071-1074

  Caburlotto, Greta ^a   Gennari, Micol ^a   Ghidini, Valentina ^a   Tafi, Mariacarla ^a   Lleo, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

marine vibrios and human health; microbiological quality of waters; pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus markers; potentially pathogenic environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus; tdh nucleotide sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SEA WATER; VIRULENCE FACTOR; GENETIC MARKER;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLANKTON; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANKTON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIOSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC MARKERS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 77954834350     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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