Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. ranae subsp. nov., isolated from septicaemic farmed frogs in Thailand

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 885-891

  Huys, Geert ^a   Pearson, Marianne ^b   Kämpfer, Peter ^c   Denys, Rik ^a   Cnockaert, Margo ^a   Inglis, Valerie ^b   Swings, Jean ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; DNA 16S; ESCULIN; GLYCINE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; SALICIN; SUCROSE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; GENOTYPE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; THAILAND;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANIDAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA SUBSP. HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA SUBSP. RANAEI; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOPLOBATRACHUS RUGULOSUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038547863     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02357-0     Document Type: Article

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