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Diversity of DNA sequences among Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal detected by PCR-based DNA fingerprinting.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Feb 1995
Makino S, Kurazono T, Okuyama Y, Shimada T, Okada Y, Sasakawa C
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae O139, a causative agent of a large epidemic of cholera-like illness, has suddenly emerged and spread widely over several months. To investigate the characteristics unique to O139, traditional typing techniques for V. cholerae, such as biochemical characteristics, antibiotic susceptibility and detection of toxin production, were performed, with the result that 145 O139 strains, except for two O139...
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