Molecular ecology of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-66

  Faruque, Shah M ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^a  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ecology; Vibrio cholerae; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0036189767     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02659.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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