Loading...

Persistence of Vibrio vulnificus in tissues of Gulf Coast oysters, Crassostrea virginica, exposed to seawater disinfected with UV light.

Vibrio vulnificus is an estuarine bacterium which can cause opportunistic infections in humans consuming raw Gulf Coast oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Although V. vulnificus is known as a ubiquitous organism in the Gulf of Mexico, its ecological relationship with C. virginica has not been adequatel...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tamplin, M L, Capers, G M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC195633/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1622218
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!