The Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes light organ association: Current ecological paradigms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 805-812

  Ruby, Edward G ^a   Lee, Kyu Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REINFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 0031934001     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.805-812.1998     Document Type: Short Survey

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