Pathogenicity of atypical Aeromonas salmonicida in Atlantic salmon compared with protease production

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 542-551

  Gunnlaugsdóttir, Bjarnheidur ^a   Gudmundsdottir B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ATLANTIC SALMON; ATYPICALS; BACTERIAL CHALLENGE; EXTRACELLULAR; FISH CELL LINES; HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY; PATHOGENIC EFFECTS; PROTEASE PRODUCTION; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES;

CELL CULTURE;

METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HEMOLYSIS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SALMON;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0030665692     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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