Comparison of 16SrDNA and toxR genes as targets for detection of Vibrio anguillarum in Dicentrarchus labrax kidney and liver

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-230

  Crisafi, Francesca ^a   Denaro, Renata ^a   Genovese, Maria ^a   Cappello, Simone ^a   Mancuso, Monique ^a   Genovese, Lucrezia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax; Fish; Quantification; Real time PCR; Taxonomic functional genes; Vibrio anguillarum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; PROTEIN TOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; KIDNEY; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; KIDNEY; LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 79952985248     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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