First identification of Streptococcus phocae isolated from atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 526-527

  Gibello, A ^a   Mata, A I ^a   Blanco, M M ^a   Casamayor, A ^a   Dominguez L ^a   Fernández Garayzabal, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ATLANTIC SALMON; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EEL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LACTOCOCCUS; LETTER; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PHOCAE; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMO SALAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANGUILLIFORMES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS; SALMO SALAR; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PHOCAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 11844277086     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.526-527.2005     Document Type: Letter

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