Minimally invasive detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis in cultivated salmonids via the PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3066-3069

  Marshall, Sergio ^a   Heath, Sekou ^b   Henríquez, Vitalia ^a   Orrego, Cristián ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PISCIRICKETTSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

PISCIRICKETTSIA; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0031879528     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3066-3069.1998     Document Type: Article

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