Hemolytic activity and siderophore production in different Aeromonas species isolated from fish

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5612-5614

  Santos, Jesús A ^a   González, César J ^a   Otero, Andrés ^a   García López, María Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; PLASMID DNA; SIDEROPHORE; TRYPSIN;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FISH; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY;

EID: 0040288756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5612-5614.1999     Document Type: Article

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