Confirmation of Piscirickettsia salmonis as a pathogen in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax and phylogenetic comparison with salmonid strains

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-119

  McCarthy, U ^a   Steiropoulos, N A ^b   Thompson, K D ^a   Adams, A ^a   Ellis, A E ^c   Ferguson, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EPIRUS   (Greece)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax; IFAT; Immunohistochemistry; Phylogeny; Piscirickettsia salmonis; rDNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; RICKETTSIA; SALMONIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 18844369620     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao064107     Document Type: Article

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