Occurrence and distribution of Vibrio vulnificus in tropical fish and shellfish from Cochin (India)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-112

  Thampuran, N ^a   Surendran, P K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; SHELLFISH;

BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL AREA; CONDITION; FISH AND SHELLFISHES; MARINE FISH; MARINE WATERS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WEST COAST;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; SHELLFISH; TROPICAL FISH;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FISH; INCIDENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER POLLUTION;

COCHIN; INDIA; KERALA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031970504     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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