The lipopolysaccharide o side chain of Vibrio vulnificus serogroup E is a virulence determinant for eels

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2475-2479

  Amaro, Carmen ^a   Fouz, Belén ^a   Biosca, Elena G ^a   Marco Noales, Ester ^a   Collado, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031009569     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.6.2475-2479.1997     Document Type: Article

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