Detection of type III secretion gene as an indicator for pathogenic Edwardsiella tarda

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Li, G Y ^a,b   Li, J ^a,b   Xiao, P ^a   Guo, Y H ^c   Mo, Z L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrumentation and Pharmaceutical Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Edwardsiella tarda; Pathogen detection; T3SS

Indexed keywords

GENES; PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; EDWARDSIELLUM TARDA; HAEMOLYSINS; NONPATHOGENIC STRAINS; PATHOGEN DETECTION; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; PATHOGENICS; STRAIN BASED; T3SS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CATALASE; GENOMIC DNA; HEMOLYSIN; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SPREAD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GENOMICS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; VIRULENCE; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TEMPLATE; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURBOT; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

EDWARDSIELLA TARDA;

EID: 79551616152     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02984.x     Document Type: Article

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