Aeromonas spp.: Ubiquitous or specialized bugs?

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1005-1018

  Martino, Maria Elena ^a   Fasolato, Luca ^a   Montemurro, Filomena ^a   Novelli, Enrico ^a   Cardazzo, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CRUSTACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CONTROL; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLLUSC; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SEA FOOD; VEGETABLE; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEAFOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VEGETABLES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84898057509     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12215     Document Type: Article

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