Lactococcus garvieae strains isolated from rainbow trout and yellowtail in Australia, South Africa and Japan differentiated by repetitive sequence markers

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 206-212

  Schmidtke, L M ^a   Carson, J ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fish Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; SERIOLA; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0345448932     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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