Mini-Tn5 induced growth- and protease-deficient mutants of Aeromonas hydrophila as live vaccines for blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas)

Aquaculture

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Leung, K Y ^a   Wong, L S ^a   Low, K W ^a   Sin, Y M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Bacteria; Diseases and their control in fish; Live vaccine; Mini Tn5

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031446089     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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