Temperature affects Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor persistence in the aquatic environment via an enhanced expression of GbpA and MSHA adhesins

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-144

  Stauder, Monica ^a   Vezzulli, Luigi ^b   Pezzati, Elisabetta ^c   Repetto, Barbara ^b   Pruzzo, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77957277925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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