Identification and pathogenicity of intracellular Francisella bacterium in three-line grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum

Fish Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-71

  Kamaishi, Takashi ^a   Fukuda, Yutaka ^b   Nishiyama, Masaru ^c,e   Kawakami, Hidemasa ^d   Matsuyama, Tomomasa ^a   Yoshinaga, Tomoyoshi ^a,f   Oseko, Norihisa ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Forestry and Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^c Kochi Pref Sukumo Fish Guid Off   (Japan)

^d Ehime Prefectural Fish Disease Control Center   (Japan)

^e Kochi Prefectural Government Fisheries Promotion Section   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Francisella; Granuloma; Intracellular bacterium; Parapristipoma trilineatum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; PARAPRISTIPOMA TRILINEATUM;

EID: 25444465454     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.40.67     Document Type: Article

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