Salmonella diversity associated with wild reptiles and amphibians in Spain

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 868-871

  Briones, Víctor ^a   Téllez, Sonia ^a   Goyache, Joaquín ^a   Ballesteros, Cristina ^a   Del Pilar Lanzarot, María ^b   Domínguez, Lucas ^a   Fernández Garayzábal, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REPTILE; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; REPTILES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 3543081103     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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