Diversity and pathogenic potential of vibrios isolated from Abrolhos Bank corals

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Alves Jr , Nelson ^a   Maia Neto, Oswaldo S ^a   Silva, Bruno S O ^a   de Moura, Rodrigo L ^b   Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^b,c   e Castro, Clovis Barreirae ^a   Paranhos, Rodolfo ^a   Bitner Mathé, Blanche C ^a   Kruger, Ricardo H ^d   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^e   Thompson, Cristiane C ^e   Thompson, Fabiano L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Marine Program ^*  (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUSSISMILIA BRAZILIENSIS; MUSSISMILIA HISPIDA; PHYLLOGORGIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 77953323918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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