Effect of low temperature on starvation-survival of the eel pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 450-455

  Biosca, Elena G ^a,b   Amaro, Carmen ^a   Marco Noales, Ester ^a   Oliver, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EEL; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030058149     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.450-455.1996     Document Type: Article

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