Global spread of microorganisms by ships: Ballast water discharged from vessels harbours a cocktail of potential pathogens

Nature

Volumn 408, Issue 6808, 2000, Pages 49-50

  Ruiz, Gregory M ^a   Rawlings, Tonya K ^a,b,c   Dobbs, Fred C ^d   Drake, Lisa A ^d   Mullady, Timothy ^a   Huq, Anwarul ^b,c   Colwell, Rita R ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIP; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PLANKTON; PLANT DISEASES; SHIPS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034597765     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35040695     Document Type: Article

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