Phage Typing of Lactococcus garvieae (Formerly Enterococcus seriolicida) a Pathogen of Cultured Yellowtail

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-64

  Park, Kyung Hyun ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Nakai, Toshihiro ^a   Muroga, Kiyokuni ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Enterococcus seriolicida; Lactococcus garvieae; Phage typing; Seriola quinqueradiata; Siphoviridae; Yellowtail

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0002952704     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.62     Document Type: Article

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