Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Belkin, Shimshon (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Colwell, Rita R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Epidemiology.; Aquatic ecology.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Bacteriology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Pathogens in the Sea: An Overview
• Diversity, Sources, and Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens in the Marine Environment
• Biotic and Abiotic Effects
• Survival of Enteric Bacteria in Seawater: Molecular Aspects
• Human Pathogenic Viruses in the Marine Environment
• Survival of Viruses in the Marine Environment
• Zoonotic Protists in the Marine Environment
• Marine and Estuarine Harmful Algal Blooms: Impacts on Human and Animal Health
• Pathogenic Vibrio Species in the Marine and Estuarine Environment
• Vibrio vulnificus
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus—Seafood Safety and Associations with Higher Organisms
• Global Microbial Ecology of Vibrio cholerae
• Gram-Positive Bacteria in the Marine Environment
• Fecal Contamination in Coastal Areas: An Engineering Approach
• Retention of Pathogenicity in Viable Nonculturable Pathogens
• Thalassogenic Infectious Diseases Caused byWastewater Pollution of the Marine Environment: An Estimate of the Worldwide Occurrence
• Bacterial Pathogens of Marine Fish
• Microbial Diseases of Corals
• Aquaculture and Animal Pathogens in the Marine Environment with Emphasis on Marine Shrimp Viruses.