Sources of Vibrio mimicus contamination of turtle eggs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 336-338

  Acuña, María T ^a   Díaz, Gerardo ^a   Bolaños, Hilda ^a   Barquero, Candy ^a   Sánchez, Olga ^a   Sánchez, Luz M ^a   Mora, Grettel ^a   Chaves, Anny ^b   Campos, Elena ^a,c  

^a Inst Costarricense Invest y E   (Costa Rica)

^b Ctro Invest las Tortugas M   (Costa Rica)

^c PROYECTO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO GUANACASTE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; EGG; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COSTA RICA; EGG; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAND; TURTLE; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; NEGIBACTERIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 0344026194     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.336-338.1999     Document Type: Article

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