Cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of the ampicillin resistance gene on a conjugative R plasmid from the fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-207

  Morii, Hideaki ^a   Bharadwaj, Manish Surendra ^a   Eto, Naoya ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE SUBSP. PISCICIDA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 11844283405     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H03-059.1     Document Type: Article

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