Prevalence of Toxin Genes and Profiles of Antibitoc Resistance in Vibrio vulnificus Isolates from Fish, Fish Tanks, and Patients
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Yoon, Yeon-Hee
(Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do)
Park, Sook (Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do) Kim, Jin Young (Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do) Lee, Ye Ju (Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do) Jeon, Doo-Young (Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do) Choi, Gyeong Cheol (Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do) Park, Jong Soo (Microbiology Division, Health and Environment Research Institute of Jeollanam-Do) Kim, Jung-Beom (Department of Food Science and Technology, Sunchon National University) |
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