An aroa mutant of edwardsiella ictaluri is safe and efficacious as a live, attenuated vaccine

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-372

  Thune, Ronald L ^a   Fernandez, Denise H ^b   Battista, John R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; GENE SEQUENCING; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRULENCE; WILD RELATIVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0032786080     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8667(1999)011<0358:AAMOEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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