Hemolysin from Edwardsiella tarda Strain ET16 Isolated from Eel Anguilla japonica Identified as a Hole-forming Toxin

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 538-542

  Chen, Jau Der ^a   Huang, Shiang Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Edwardsiella tarda; Hemolysin; Hole forming toxin

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; JAPONICA; TILAPIA;

EID: 0011093646     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.538     Document Type: Article

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