Genes similar to the vibrio parahaemolyticus virulence-related Genes tdh, tlh, and vscC2 Occur in Other vibrionaceae species isolated from a pristine estuary

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 595-602

  Klein, Savannah L ^a   Gutierrez West, Casandra K ^a   Mejia, Diana M ^a   Lovell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; POPULATION NUMBERS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIONACEAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESTUARIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIONACEAE; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84892471736     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02895-13     Document Type: Article

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