Vibrio vulnificus, an emerging human pathogen

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 273-284

  Horré, Regine ^a   Marklein, Günter ^a   Schaal, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0030198751     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80103-4     Document Type: Article

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