Bacteriophage control of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida infection in ayu Plecoglossus altivelis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Park, Se Chang ^a   Nakai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Biological control; Fish disease; Phage therapy; Plecoglossus altivelis; Pseudomonas plecoglossicida

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; FISH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYOVIRIDAE; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; PODOVIRIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PLECOGLOSSICIDA;

EID: 0037460403     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao053033     Document Type: Article

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