Effects of salinity and temperature on long-term survival of the eel pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 (serovar E)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1117-1126

  Marco Noales, Ester ^a   Biosca, Elena G ^a   Amaro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; PATHOGEN; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; STARVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0032986071     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1117-1126.1999     Document Type: Article

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