Ecological study of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic environments, Okayama

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Shinoda, Sumio ^a   Iwasaki, Mayumi ^a   Sonoda, Tetsuya ^a   Furumai, Yuki ^a   Miyake Nakayama, Chizuko ^a   Katayama, Sei Ichi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial ecology; Molecular epidemiology; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BACTERIAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FISHERY PRODUCT; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GENE CONTROLLING; HORIZONTAL TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OKAYAMA; PATHOGENIC FACTORS; SPORADIC DIARRHEAS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

GENE ENCODING;

CHOLERA TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CTXA GENE; DIARRHEA; ECOLOGY; FISHERY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HLYA GENE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; TOXR GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ECOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77957674644     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.15.117     Document Type: Article

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