Unexpected finding of the "tropical" bacterial pathogen Plesiomonas shigelloides from lake water north of the Polar Circle

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 495-499

  Gonzalez Rey, Carlos ^a   Svenson, Stefan B ^a   Eriksson, Laila M ^b   Ciznar, Ivan ^c   Krovacek, Karel ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; LAKE WATER; PATHOGEN; POLAR REGION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES;

EID: 0042068152     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0521-0     Document Type: Article

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