Occurrence, diversity, and pathogenicity of halophilic Vibrio spp. and non-O1 Vibrio cholerae from estuarine waters along the Italian Adriatic coast

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2748-2753

  Barbieri, Elena ^d   Falzano, Loredana ^a   Fiorentini, Carla ^a   Pianetti, Anna ^e   Baffone, Wally ^e   Fabbri, Alessia ^a   Matarrese, Paola ^a   Casiere, Annarita ^b   Katouli, Mohammad ^c   Kühn, Inger ^c   Möllby, Roland ^c   Bruscolini, Francesca ^e   Donelli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim U   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; ESTUARY; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0033043687     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2748-2753.1999     Document Type: Article

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