Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based typing analysis of atypical isolates of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-411

  Høie, Steiner ^a   Dalsgaard, Inger ^c   Aase, Inger Lise ^a   Heum, Marianne ^a   Thornton, Jacinta M ^b   Powell, Richard ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c National Veterinary Institute ^*

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Characterization; Fish pathogens; PCR; Typing methods

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA;

EID: 0032844246     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80049-6     Document Type: Article

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