Article
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 suscep...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cholera
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- India
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Vibrio cholerae