Virulence-associated characteristics and phage lysogenicity of two morphologically distinct colonies of Vibrio cholerae O139 serogroup

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-180

  Smirnova, Nina I ^a   Chekhovskaya, Galina V ^a   Davidova, Natalia I ^a   Livanova, Ludmila F ^a   Yeroshenko, Galina A ^a  

^a RUSSIAN RESEARCH ANTI PLAGUE INSTITUTE MICROBE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lysogenicity; Vibrio cholerae O139; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYSOGENIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029985689     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00503-X     Document Type: Article

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