Plasmids and Aeromonas virulence

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 217-223

  Brown, Rebecca L ^a   Sanderson, Kevin ^a   Kirov, Sylvia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; plasmid; virulence property

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; EXOTOXINS; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031127040     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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