Distribution of Vibrio vulnificus in the Chesapeake Bay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 717-724

  Wright, Anita C ^a,b   Hill, Russell T ^b   Johnson, Judith A ^a,c   Roghman, Mary Claire ^c   Colwell, Rita R ^b   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OYSTER; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030060844     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.717-724.1996     Document Type: Article

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