Piscirickettsia salmonis: A Gram-negative intracellular bacterial pathogen of fish

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 251-262

  Fryer, J L ^a   Hedrick, R P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Piscirickettsia salmon; Piscirickettsiosis; Review; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SALMONID; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; PISCIRICKETTSIOSIS; REVIEW; SALMONID;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FISH DISEASES; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SALMONIDAE;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PISCIRICKETTSIA; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0038009328     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00460.x     Document Type: Review

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