High frequency transfer of a broad host range plasmid present in an atypical strain of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-75

  Sandaa, Ruth Anne ^a   Enger, Øivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Aquaculture; Promiscuous plasmid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030066883     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao024071     Document Type: Article

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