Vibrio ecology, pathogenesis and evolution

• Main Author: Rita R. Colwell (auth)
• Other Authors: Daniela Ceccarelli (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Pathogenesis; Ecology; evolution; Genome; Vibrio
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Vibrios are Gram-negative bacilli that occur naturally in marine, estuarine, and freshwater systems. Some species include human and animal pathogens capable of causing gastroenteritis, wound infections, cholera, and fatal septicemia. Over the past decades, cutting edge research on Vibrio genomics ha...