Detection of Vibrio vulnificus in seafood, seawater and wastewater samples from a Mediterranean coastal area

Microbiological Research

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 657-664

  Cañigral, Irene ^a   Moreno, Yolanda ^a   Alonso, Jose L ^a   González, Ana ^a   Ferrús, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detection; Real time PCR; Seafood; Sewage; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; DETECTION; DETECTION LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; HUMAN PATHOGENS; PCR ASSAY; RAW SEWAGE; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SEAFOOD; SOFT TISSUE; TAQMAN PROBES; VALENCIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

COASTAL ZONES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

SEAWATER;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COASTAL ZONE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SHELLFISH; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA FOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 78049417190     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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