Article
Phenotypic characterization and RAPD fingerprinting of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus isolated during Tunisian fish farm outbreaks.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2013
Sadok Khouadja, Mejdi Snoussi, Nourhen Saidi, Amina Bakhrouf
Abstract excerpt
The genus Vibrio is characterized by a large number of species and some of them are human pathogens causing gastrointestinal and wound infections through the ingestion or manipulation of contaminated fishes and shellfish including Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus. In this study, we reported the phenotypic and molecular characterization of 9 V. parahaemolyticus and 27 V. alginolyticus strains...
Topics
- Animals
- Bass
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Disease Outbreaks
- Fish Diseases
- Phenotype
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Sea Bream
- Tunisia
- Vibrio Infections
- Vibrio alginolyticus
