Molecular characterization of clinical isolates of Aeromonas species from Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Puthucheary, S D ^a   Puah, Suat Moi ^a   Chua, Kek Heng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA GENE; ACT GENE; AER GENE; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS AQUARIORUM; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS TROTA; AEROMONAS VERONII; AEXT GENE; ALT GENE; ARTICLE; AST GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELA GENE; EXU GENE; FLA GENE; GCAT GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; LIP GENE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RPOD GENE; SER GENE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ADULT; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS VERONII;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILIA LIPASE ACYLTRANSFERASE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILIA LIPASE-ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADULT; AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPASE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84857623747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030205     Document Type: Article

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