Detection of free-living and plankton-bound vibrios in coastal waters of the Adriatic Sea (Italy) and study of their pathogenicity-associated properties

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1299-1305

  Baffone, Wally ^a   Tarsi, Renato ^b   Pane, Luigi ^a   Campana, Raffaella ^a   Repetto, Barbara ^c   Mariottini, Gian Luigi ^c   Pruzzo, Carla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; COPEPOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEASON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

COPEPODA; ITALY; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33745126986     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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