The biology Of Vibrio vulnificus

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Oliver, James D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; SEA WATER; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD POISONING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SALINITY; SEPSIS; SHELLFISH; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; IRON; OSTREIDAE; RISK FACTORS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEPSIS; SHELLFISH; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84949967118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.VE-0001-2014     Document Type: Article

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