Bacterial pathogens: From natural ecosystems to human hosts

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-333

  Martínez, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873181927     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02837.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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