Detection, isolation, and identification of Vibrio cholerae from the environment

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL.26, 2012, Pages

  Huq, Anwar ^a   Haley, Bradd J ^a   Taviani, Elisa ^a   Chen, Arlene ^a   Hasan, Nur A ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^a,b,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Detection; Identification; Isolation; Vibrio cholera

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHOLERA; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SHELLFISH;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHOLERA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SHELLFISH;

EID: 84868109690     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc06a05s26     Document Type: Article

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