Simultaneous detection of Aeromonas salmonicida, Flavobacterium psychrophilum, and Yersinia ruckeri, three major fish pathogens, by multiplex PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 5177-5180

  Del Cerro, A ^a   Marquez, I ^a   Guijarro, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DIAGNOSIS; GENES; RNA;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; FISH; PATHOGEN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FISH; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PISCICULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROUT; YERSINIA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 0036793692     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.5177-5180.2002     Document Type: Article

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