Rise and fall of pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype O3: K6 in southern Chile

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 527-534

  García, Katherine ^a   Bastías, Roberto ^a   Higuera, Gastón ^a   Torres, Rafael ^a   Mellado, Alex ^a   Uribe, Paulina ^a   Espejo, Romilio T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PANDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIOSIS; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; SALINITY; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84873158623     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02883.x     Document Type: Article

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