Isolation and Identification of a New Tetrodotoxin-Producing Bacterial Species, Raoultella terrigena, from Hong Kong Marine Puffer Fish Takifugu niphobles

Isolation and Identification of a New Tetrodotoxin-Producing Bacterial Species, Raoultella terrigena, from Hong Kong Marine Puffer Fish Takifugu niphobles

Puffer fish, Takifugu niphobles, collected from the Hong Kong coastal waters were screened for tetrodotoxin-producing bacteria. A Gram-negative, non-acid-fast, non-sporing and rod shaped bacterial strain (designated as gutB01) was isolated from the intestine of the puffer fish and was shown to produ...

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Main Authors: Fred Wang-Fat Lee, Peter Hoi-Fu Yu, Vincent Chung-Him Yu, Kin-Chung Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-11-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
tetrodotoxin
TTX-producing bacteria
Raoultella terrigena
Takifugu niphobles
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/11/2384/

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