Detection and enumeration of Vibrio vulnificus in oysters from two estuaries along the southwest coast of India, using molecular methods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6909-6913

  Parvathi, Ammini ^a   Kumar, H Sanath ^a   Karunasagar, Indrani ^a   Karunasagar, Iddya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINE WATER;

COLONY HYBRIDIZATION; OYSTERS; TROPICAL WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTONE;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; ESTUARY; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; INDIA; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 8744315553     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6909-6913.2004     Document Type: Article

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