Understanding the association of Escherichia coli with diverse macroalgae in the lagoon of Venice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Quero, Grazia M ^a   Fasolato, Luca ^b   Vignaroli, Carla ^c   Luna, Gian Marco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ITALY; LAKE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SEAWEED;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; ITALY; LAKES; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; SEAWEED;

EID: 84930647753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10969     Document Type: Article

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