Ecology of vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio vulnificus in the coastal and estuarine waters of Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, and Washington (United States)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7249-7257

  Johnson, Crystal N ^a   Bowers, John C ^b   Griffitt, Kimberly J ^c   Molina, Vanessa ^a   Clostio, Rachel W ^a   Pei, Shaofeng ^a   Laws, Edward ^a   Paranjpye, Rohinee N ^d   Strom, Mark S ^d   Chen, Arlene ^e   Hasan, Nur A ^e   Huq, Anwar ^e   Noriea, Nicholas F ^c   Grimes, D Jay ^c   Colwell, Rita R ^e,f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL REGIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; ESTUARINE WATERS; LOUISIANA; MARYLAND; MISSISSIPPI; MOLECULAR METHODS; POTENTIALLY FATAL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO SPP; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WASHINGTON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; GENES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY;

BLOOD;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; HEMOLYSIN; SEA WATER; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAFOOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; OSTREIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LOUISIANA; MARYLAND; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84868371344     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01296-12     Document Type: Article

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