Purification and antigenic characteristics of a rickettsia-like organism from the oyster Crassostrea ariakensis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Wu, Xinzhong ^a,b   Sun, Jingfeng ^b   Zhang, Weizhu ^b   Wen, Bohai ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antigenic characteristics; Crassostrea ariakensis; Purification; Rickettsia like organism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIVALVE; ETIOLOGY; MORTALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CRASSOSTREA ARIAKENSIS; OSTREIDAE; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 28944438403     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao067149     Document Type: Article

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