Prevalences of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in mollusks from the Spanish Mediterranean Coast

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a well-recognized pathogen of humans. To better understand the ecology of the human-pathogenic variants of this bacterium in the environment, a study on the prevalence in bivalves of pathogenic variants (tlh + and tdh+ and/or trh+) versus a nonpathogenic one (only tlh+ as...

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Main Authors: Carmen eLopez-Joven, Ignacio ede Blas, M. Dolores eFurones, Ana eRoque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00736/full