Comparative PCR-based fi ngerprinting of Vibrio cholerae isolated in Malaysia

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju ^a,b   Thong, Kwai Lin ^a,b   Osawa, Ro ^c   Chua, Kek Heng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ERIC; RAPD; REP; VCR PCR; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS SEQUENCE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE EXTRAGENIC PALINDROMIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE REPEAT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAFOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79954460565     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.57.19     Document Type: Article

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