Epitheliocystis infection in cultured white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus): Antigenic and ultrastructural similarities of the causative agent to the chlamydiae

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-180

  Groff, Joseph M ^a   LaPatra, Scott E ^d   Munn, Robert J ^c   Anderson, Mark L ^b   Osburn, Bennie I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CLEAR SPRINGS FOODS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GILL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIALES; EPITHELIUM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GILLS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0030113689     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879600800206     Document Type: Article

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