Vibrio cholerae and Aeromonas: Do they share a mutual host?

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-283

  Senderovich, Yigal ^a   Gershtein, Yana ^a   Halewa, Etti ^a   Halpern, Malka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Chironomid; Egg mass; Host; Reservoir; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 40249098180     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.114     Document Type: Article

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