Serodiversity and ecological distribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Venetian Lagoon, Northeast Italy

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-157

  Caburlotto, Greta ^a   Haley, Bradd J ^b   Lleò, Maria M ^a   Huq, Anwar ^b   Colwell, Rita R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 77957263905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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