Genetic relationships of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from clinical, human carrier, and environmental sources in Thailand, determined by multilocus sequence analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2358-2370

  Theethakaew, Chonchanok ^a   Feil, Edward J ^c   Castillo Ramírez, Santiago ^c   Aanensen, David M ^d   Suthienkul, Orasa ^e   Neil, Douglas M ^b   Davies, Robert L ^a  

^a Immunity and Inflammation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

GENE TRANSFER; MEATS; RECOVERY; SHELLFISH; TISSUE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; RECOMBINATION; SEAFOOD;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEA FOOD; SEROTYPING; THAILAND; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIOSIS;

CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEAFOOD; SEROTYPING; THAILAND; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84875547164     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03067-12     Document Type: Article

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