Host range susceptibility of Enterococcus sp. Strains isolated from diseased turbot: Possible routes of infection

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 607-611

  Romalde, Jesús L ^a   Magariños, Beatriz ^a   Nuñez, Soledad ^a   Barja, Juan L ^a   Toranzo, Alicia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FISH DISEASE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS SPP.;

EID: 0030027838     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.607-611.1996     Document Type: Article

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