Prevalence and population structure of Vibrio vulnificus on fishes from the northern Gulf of Mexico

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7611-7618

  Tao, Zhen ^a   Larsen, Andrea M ^a   Bullard, Stephen A ^a   Wright, Anita C ^b   Arias, Covadonga R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; BEST FIT; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FISH SPECIES; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MAIN GROUP; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; POPULATION STRUCTURES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SIMPSON'S INDEX; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE POTENTIAL; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BACTERIA; GENES; RNA; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

FISH;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; DIVERSITY INDEX; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRULENCE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GULF OF MEXICO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RNA GENE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; FISHES; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; GULF OF MEXICO; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

OSTREIDAE; PISCES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84868628542     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01646-12     Document Type: Article

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