Phenotypic and genotypic identification of motile aeromonads isolated from fish with epizootic ulcerative syndrome in Southeast Asian countries

Fish Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-263

  Iqbal, M M ^a   Tajima, K ^a   Sawabe, T ^a   Nakano, K ^a   Ezura, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; EUS; Genotype; Identification; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS JANDAEI; AEROMONAS VERONII;

EID: 0032261306     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.33.255     Document Type: Article

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