Study on experimental infections of Spiroplasma from the Chinese mitten crab in crayfish, mice and embryonated chickens

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 677-680

  Wang, Wen ^a,b   Rong, Liwen ^a   Gu, Wei ^a   Du, Kaihe ^a   Chen, Jianxiu ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese mitten crab; Crayfish; Embryonated chicken; Eriocheir sinensi; Infection; Mice; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRAYFISH; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ASTACOIDEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 0344413589     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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