Associations and dynamics of vibrionaceae in the environment, from the genus to the population level

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Takemura, Alison F ^a   Chien, Diana M ^a   Polz, Martin F ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Ecology; Environmental correlation; Niche; Planktonic; Population; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANABAENA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOST; MACROALGA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEA FOOD; TAXONOMY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIONACEAE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84897665837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00038     Document Type: Review

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