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Detection of free-living and plankton-bound vibrios in coastal waters of the Adriatic Sea (Italy) and study of their pathogenicity-associated properties.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2006
Baffone Wally, Tarsi Renato, Pane Luigi, Campana Raffaella, Repetto Barbara, Mariottini Gian Luigi, Pruzzo Carla
Abstract excerpt
Culturable vibrios were isolated from water and plankton fractions collected during an 18-month sampling study performed along the north-central coast of the Adriatic Sea (Italy). Unculturable Vibrio vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus were detected in plankton fractions by polymerase chain reaction amplification of DNA sequences for cytotoxin-haemolysin and thermolabile haemolysin respectively. The presence of V....
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