Effect of alum on free-living and copepod-associated Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3323-3326

  Chowdhury, M A R ^a   Huq, A ^a   Xu, B ^a   Madeira, F J B ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; DRINKING WATER;

ALUM; CHOLERA; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; COPEPOD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; LURIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030749629     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3323-3326.1997     Document Type: Article

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