Comparison of the effects of environmental parameters on growth rates of vibrio vulnificus biotypes I, II, and III by culture and quantitative PCR analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4200-4207

  Chase, Eva ^a   Harwood, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURABLE; ENUMERATION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; ESTUARINE WATERS; HUMAN PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA; PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

GROWTH RATE;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PATHOGEN; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISRAEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ISRAEL;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 79960084747     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00135-11     Document Type: Article

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