Isolation and characterization of Clostridium difficile from shellfish and marine environments

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Pasquale, Vincenzo ^a   Romano, Vincenza Jessica ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b,c   Dumontet, Stefano ^a   Čižnár, Ivan ^d,e   Aliberti, F ^f   Mauri, F ^g   Saggiomo, V ^h   Krovacek, Karel ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

^d SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^h STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

ⁱ SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; SEA WATER; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RIBOTYPING; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLLUSCA; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH;

BIVALVIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 80053649311     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0068-3     Document Type: Article

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