Enterococcus seriolicida is a junior synonym of Lactococcus garvieae, a causative agent of septicemia and meningoencephalitis in fish

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-88

  Eldar, Avi ^a,b   Ghittino, Claudio ^c   Asanta, Liliana ^b   Bozzetta, Elena ^c   Goria, Mariella ^c   Prearo, Marino ^c   Bercovier, Herve ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c Exp Institute for Zooprophylaxis   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; LACTOCOCCUS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEPTICEMIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LACTOCOCCUS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SEPSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030070537     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900015     Document Type: Article

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