Vibrio vulnificus genome suggests two distinct ecotypes

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-132

  Rosche, Thomas M ^a   Binder, Eric A ^a   Oliver, James D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 77956633705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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