Serological characterization of atypical strains of Edwardsiella tarda isolated from sea breams

Fish Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-274

  Costa, Andrea Belem ^a,b   Kanai, Kinya ^a   Yoshikoshi, Kazuma ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellular antigen; Edwardsiella tarda; Edwardsiellosis; Lipopolysaccharide; O antigen; Sea bream

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; EVYNNIS JAPONICA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; JAPONICA; PAGRUS MAJOR; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0032273596     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.33.265     Document Type: Article

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