An improved detection and quantification method for the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, Bryan ^a   Muirhead, Andrew ^a   Bazanella, Monika ^a,b   Huete Stauffer, Carla ^a,c   Vezzulli, Luigi ^c   Bourne, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Krems Hospital   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS; VIBRIO TUBIASHII;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO;

EID: 84892384798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081800     Document Type: Article

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