Vibrio virulence genes in fishes collected from estuarine waters in Italy

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-408

  Serracca, L ^a   Battistini, R ^a   Rossini, I ^a   Prearo, M ^a   Ottaviani, D ^b   Leoni, F ^b   Ercolini, C ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

tdh; trh; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio vulnificus; vvh

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESTUARIES; GENES; HEALTH RISKS;

ESTUARINE WATERS; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; PATHOGENICS; TDH; TRH; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE GENE; VVH;

FISH;

AGAR; BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESTUARY; FISH; ITALY; LIZA AURATA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ITALY;

MUGILIDAE; PISCES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 80052631618     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03119.x     Document Type: Article

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