Influence of water temperature and salinity on Vibrio vulnificus in Northern Gulf and Atlantic Coast oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1459-1465

  Motes, M L ^a   DePaola, A ^a   Cook, D W ^a,b   Veazey, J E ^a   Hunsucker, J C ^a   Garthright, W E ^a   Blodgett, R J ^a   Chirtel, S J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b FDA Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; OYSTER; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC COAST; GULF COAST; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031979748     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1459-1465.1998     Document Type: Article

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