Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus and atypical Vibrio from surface water of the Baltic Sea in Germany

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 396-400

  Jores, Jörg ^a,b,c   Stephan, Rudolf ^a   Knabner, Dorothea ^a   Gelderblom, Hans R ^a   Lewin, Astrid ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Inst F Mikrobiol und Tierseuchen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Germany; V. vulnificus; Vibrio sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EELS; FISH DISEASES; GERMANY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; LURIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO MIMICUS; VIBRIO NAVARRENSIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO SP.; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0141453563     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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