Isolation of Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 from the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica.
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Two strains of Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 Inaba were isolated from eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, collected from estuarine waters in Florida during April 1980. The oyster meats and waters from which the oysters were collected had low fecal coliform counts, and the area had no prior evidence of sewage contamination.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
دوره 41 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981