Specificity and some physicochemical characteristics of the antibacterial activity from blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 403-412

  Noga, Edward J ^a   Arroll, Thomas A ^a,b   Fan, Zhiqin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial microflora; Bactericidin; Brachyuran crustacean; Humoral immunity

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYURAN; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030213285     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1996.0039     Document Type: Article

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