Demonstration of viable but nonculturable Vibrio cholerae O1 in fresh water environment of India using ciprofloxacin DFA-DVC method

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-126

  Mishra, A ^a   Taneja, N ^a   Sharma, M ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; Direct fluorescent direct viable count (DFA DVC); India; Viable but nonculturable; Vibrio cholerae O1

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES;

CHOLERA; CULTURABLE; DIRECT FLUORESCENT-DIRECT VIABLE COUNT (DFA-DVC); DIRECT VIABLE COUNTS; FRESH WATER; INDIA; NALIDIXIC ACID; VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

WATER;

CIPROFLOXACIN; FRESH WATER; NALIDIXIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT FLUORESCENT DIRECT VIABLE COUNT TECHNIQUE; DISK DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

INDIA;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79958765296     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03077.x     Document Type: Article

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