Molecular diversity of CTX prophage in Vibrio cholerae

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Aliabad, N H ^a,b   Bakhshi, B ^a   Pourshafie, M R ^c   Sharifnia, A ^c   Ghorbani, M ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

CTX prophage; ERIC PCR; RS PCR; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

GENES;

CTX PROPHAGE; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS-PCR; GENETIC ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; MUTATION ASSAYS; PROPHAGES; RIBOSOMAL GENE SPACER-PCR; RIBOSOMAL GENES; TOXIGENIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; CHOLERA; DATABASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HYBRID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CTX PROPHAGE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

IRAN;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84862269856     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03253.x     Document Type: Article

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