Growth of Piscirickettsia salmonis to high titers in insect tissue culture cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3693-3694

  Birkbeck, T Harry ^a   Griffen, Angela A ^a   Reid, Helen I ^a   Laidler, L Anthony ^b   Wadsworth, Simon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Blar Mhor Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

^c CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FISH; FROG; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; FISH DISEASES; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SALMO SALAR; SPODOPTERA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2542564352     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3693-3694.2004     Document Type: Article

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