Implications of chitin attachment for the environmental persistence and clinical nature of the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1580-1587

  Williams, Tiffany C ^a   Ayrapetyan, Mesrop ^a   Oliver, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHITIN; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; OSTREIDAE; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84894070320     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03811-13     Document Type: Article

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