Viable but nonculturable Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Argentina

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7481-7486

  Binsztein, Norma ^a   Costagliola, Marcela C ^b   Pichel, Mariana ^a   Jurquiza, Verónica ^b   Ramírez, Fernando C ^b   Akselman, Rut ^b   Vacchino, Marta ^c   Huq, Anwarul ^d   Colwell, Rita ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; VIRUSES;

CHOLERA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MARINE WATERS;

DISEASES;

SEA WATER; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CHOLERA; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; VIABILITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHOLERA; COPEPOD; ESTUARY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHOLERA; COPEPODA; CULTURE MEDIA; FRESH WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINE SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA TONSA; ARGENTINA (FISH); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; DIAPTOMUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACALANUS; PARACALANUS CRASSIROSTRIS; PARACALANUS PARVUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 10444236533     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7481-7486.2004     Document Type: Article

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