Characterisation of an emerging rickettsia-like organism in Tasmanian farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Corbeil, Serge ^a   Hyatt, Alex D ^a   Crane, Mark St J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Differential antigenicity; Piscirickettsia salmonis; rDNA sequences; Rickettsia like organism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SALMONID CULTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; TASMANIA; WORLD;

PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; RICKETTSIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 18444397214     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao064037     Document Type: Article

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