Thermal-death times of opaque and translucent morphotypes of Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3308-3310

  Kim, Choon Mee ^a   Jeong, Kwang Cheol ^a   Rhee, Joon Haeng ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0343924598     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3308-3310.1997     Document Type: Article

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