Clinical and aetiological aspects of a summer enteritic syndrome associated with the sporulating segmented filamentous bacterium 'Candidatus Arthromitus' in farmed rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 533-543

  Michel, C ^a   Bernardet, J F ^a   Daniel, P ^b   Chilmonczyk, S ^a   Urdaci, M ^c   De Kinkelin, P ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b Sofrada Aquaculture   (France)

^c ENITA de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Candidatus Arthromitus; Digestive microflora; Endospore; Enteritic syndrome; Rainbow trout; Segmented filamentous bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; SALMONID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS; CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORA; SALMONIDAE; SEGMENTED FILAMENTOUS BACTERIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036738375     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2002.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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