Uneven frequency of Vibrio alginolyticus-group isolates among different populations of Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Thaller, Maria C ^a   Ciambotta, Marco ^a   Sapochetti, Manuela ^a   Migliore, Luciana ^a   Tapia, Whashington ^b   Cedeño, Virna ^c   Gentile, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^c Laboratorio de Epidemiología   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANIMALIA; IGUANA; SQUAMATA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 77957275532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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