Survival ability of cytotoxic strains of motile Aeromonas spp. in different types of water

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Brandi, Giorgio ^a   Sisti, M ^a   Giardini, F ^a   Schiavano, G F ^a   Albano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SPP; CYTOTOXIC; HYDROPHILA; MINERAL WATER; SEA WATER; TAP WATER; WATER MINERALS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TAPS;

STRAIN;

DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; SEA WATER; TAP WATER;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS CAVIAE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032700141     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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