Biodiversity of Lactococcus garvieae strains isolated from fish in Europe, Asia, and Australia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1005-1008

  Eldar, Avi ^a   Goria, Mariella ^c   Ghittino, Claudio ^c   Zlotkin, Amir ^b   Bercovier, Herve ^b  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Liguria and Valle D'Aosta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; TAGATOSE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIODIVERSITY; FISH; PATHOGEN;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; FISH DISEASE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS SERIOLICIDA; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE;

EID: 0032986064     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1005-1008.1999     Document Type: Article

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