The culturability of intestinal bacteria of Japanese coastal fish

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 956-958

  Sugita, Haruo ^a   Kurosaki, Mikihei ^a   Okamura, Tosihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Sachi ^a   Tsuchiya, Chiyumi ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAMAKURA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal fish; Culturability; Direct count; Fluorescent in situ hybridization method; Intestinal bacteria; Viable count

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944550041     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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