Diversity and pathogenecity of Vibrio species in cultured bivalve molluscs

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-43

  Beaz Hidalgo, Roxana ^a   Balboa, Sabela ^b   Romalde, Jesús L ^b   Figueras, Maria José ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; VIBRIO;

EID: 77957287532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00135.x     Document Type: Review

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