Isolation of bacteriophages specific to a fish pathogen, Pseudomonas plecoglossicida, as a candidate for disease control

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1416-1422

  Park, Se Chang ^a   Shimamura, Ichiro ^b   Fukunaga, Minoru ^b   Mori, Koh Ichiro ^c   Nakai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokushima Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^c Japan Sea Farming Associaiton   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLORFENICOL;

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; PATHOGEN; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FISH DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLAQUE ASSAY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PLECOGLOSSINAE; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; PODOVIRIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PLECOGLOSSICIDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0343674508     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1416-1422.2000     Document Type: Article

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