Transmission to Eels, Portals of Entry, and Putative Reservoirs of Vibrio vulnificus Serovar E (Biotype 2)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4717-4725

  Marco Noales, Ester ^a   Milán, Miguiel ^a   Fouz, Belén ^a   Sanjuán, Eva ^a   Amaro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EEL; FISH DISEASE; GILL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0035487319     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4717-4725.2001     Document Type: Article

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