Virulence and stress susceptibility of clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from samples from Taiwan and the United States

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2533-2540

  Wong, Hin Chung ^a   Liu, Shu Hui ^a   Chen, Meng Yi ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 28644440118     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.12.2533     Document Type: Article

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