Purification and biological features of a rickettsia-like prokaryote from the scallop Argopecten irradians in China

Aquaculture

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Li, Dengfeng ^a,b   Wu, Xinzhong ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Argopecten irradians; Purification; Renografin density gradient centrifugation; Rickettsia like prokaryote; Sucrose density gradient centrifugation

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SCALLOP CULTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARGOPECTEN; ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; COCCOIDEA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 1842845024     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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