Temporal and Spatial Distribution Patterns of Potentially Pathogenic Vibrio spp. at Recreational Beaches of the German North Sea

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1052-1067

  Böer, Simone I ^a   Heinemeyer, Ernst August ^b   Luden, Katrin ^b   Erler, René ^c   Gerdts, Gunnar ^c   Janssen, Frank ^d   Brennholt, Nicole ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Governmental Institute for Public Health of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH SEA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO;

GERMANY; NORTH SEA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84876887805     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0221-4     Document Type: Article

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