Distribution of Virulence Markers among Vibrio vulnificus Isolates of Clinical and Environmental Origin and Regional Characteristics in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yokochi, Nana ^a   Tanaka, Shigemitsu ^b   Matsumoto, Kouichi ^c   Oishi, Hirotaka ^c   Tashiro, Yukihiro ^d   Yoshikane, Yu ^e   Nakashima, Mikio ^c   Kanda, Kohzo ^a   Kobayashi, Genta ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEASHORE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VCG GENE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIUB GENE; VVHA GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; ESTUARIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84873831108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055219     Document Type: Article

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