A transport system for the maintenance of viability of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Streptococcus iniae, and S. agalactiae over varying time periods

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 238-246

  Evans, Joyce J ^a   Wiedenmayer, Alyssa A ^a   Klesius, Phillip H ^b  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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