Apparent loss of vibrio vulnificus from north carolina oysters coincides with a drought-induced increase in salinity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3885-3889

  Froelich, Brett A ^a   Williams, Tiffany C ^a   Noble, Rachel T ^b   Oliver, James D ^a  

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

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE-BASED METHODS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARINE WATERS; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH CAROLINA; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RE-COLONIZATION; SALT TOLERANT; SUCCESSFUL ISOLATION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER COLUMNS;

BACTERIA; DROUGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

SHELLFISH;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; DROUGHT STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; OYSTER CULTURE; PATHOGENICITY; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DROUGHT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DROUGHTS; NORTH CAROLINA; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEASONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84864081589     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07855-11     Document Type: Article

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