Seasonal appearance of Edwardsiella tarda and its bacteriophages in the culture farms of Japanese flounder

Fish Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-152

  Matsuoka, Satoru ^a   Nakai, Toshihiro ^b  

^a Ehime Pref Chuyo Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Edwardsiella tarda; Edwardsiellosis; Epizootiology; Paralichthys olivaceus

Indexed keywords

EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; PARALICHTHYS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 10644254598     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.39.145     Document Type: Review

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