Prevalence of vibrio cholerae in rivers of mpumalanga province, south africa as revealed by polyphasic characterization

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 7295-7301

  Madoroba, Evelyn ^a   Momba, Maggy N B ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ctx gene; Ompw gene; Rfbo 1; Surveillance; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CHOLERA TOXIN; CITRIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN W; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUCROSE; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTXAB GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OMPW GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN TARGETING; RFBO1 GENE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER ANALYSIS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78549245815     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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