Identification of the newly described Mycobacterium poriferae from tuberculous lesions of snakehead fish (Channa striatus)

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-29

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^b   Bozzetta, Elena ^c   Burrini, Claudio ^d   Lacchini, Carla ^e   Mantella, Antonia ^b   Penati, Valeria ^e   Simonetti, M Tullia ^a   Ghittino, Claudio ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Exp Institute for Zooprophylaxis   (Italy)

^d Institute for Clinical Researches   (Italy)

^e Tuberculosis Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bacterial identification; Channa striatus; Fish tuberculosis; HPLC; Mycobacterium poriferae

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SPONGE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHANNA; CHANNA STRIATUS; CHELONE GLABRA; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARAFORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PORIFERAE;

EID: 0030029216     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0147-9571(95)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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