Toxic and enzymatic activities of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 with respect to host specificity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2331-2337

  Biosca, Elena G ^a   Amaro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HEAT TREATMENT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANGUILLIFORMES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0029902199     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2331-2337.1996     Document Type: Article

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