Isolation of Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus from UK Water and Shellfish Produce

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-927

  Powell, Andy ^a   Baker Austin, Craig ^a   Wagley, Sariqa ^b   Bayley, Amanda ^a   Hartnell, Rachel ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; PANDEMIC; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OSTREIDAE; PANDEMICS; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84876912852     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0201-8     Document Type: Article

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