Survival of and in situ gene expression by Vibrio vulnificus at varying salinities in estuarine environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-187

  Jones, Melissa K ^a   Warner, Elizabeth ^a   Oliver, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; GENE EXPRESSION; OCEAN HABITATS; PATHOGENS; VIRUSES;

BACTERIUM; LONG-TERM SURVIVAL; SAMPLING SITES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; SALINITY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; ESTUARY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALINITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 37849002086     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02436-07     Document Type: Article

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