Lancefield group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae infection responsible for fish mortalities in Japan

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 679-686

  Nomoto, R ^a   Munasinghe, L I ^a   Jin, D H ^b   Shimahara, Y ^a   Yasuda, H ^c   Nakamura, A ^c   Misawa, N ^a   Itami, T ^a   Yoshida, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^c Miyazaki Fisheries Station Miyazaki   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fish pathogen; Lactococcus garvieae; Lancefield C; Seriola dumerili; Seriola quinqueradiata; Streptococcus dysgalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; FISH CULTURE; MARICULTURE; MORTALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; LACTOCOCCUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; JAPAN; LACTOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAIL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; POSIBACTERIA; SERIOLA; SERIOLA DUMERILI; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP C';

EID: 11144229531     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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