Analysis of exotoxins produced by atypical isolates of Aeromonas salmonicida, by enzymatic and serological methods

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-29

  Gudmundsdóttir, Bjarnheidur K ^a   Hvanndal, I ^a   Bjornsdottir B ^a   Wagner, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Bacterial toxins; Enzyme activity; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Exotoxins; Furunculosis; Monoclonal antibodies; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; TOXIN;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXOTOXINS; FISH DISEASES; GELATINASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SEROTYPING; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS PISCIUM; SMITHIA;

EID: 0037257732     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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