Population Genetics of Vibrios

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 379-402

  Bisharat, Naiel ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer human pathogenic vibrios microevolution; V. cholerae and V. vulnificus evolution, population structure, and diversity; Vibrios population genetics vibrio genetic diversity and population structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870353550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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