Genetic fingerprinting of Flavobacterium columnare isolates from cultured fish

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 421-428

  Arias, C R ^a   Welker, T L ^b   Shoemaker, C A ^b   Abernathy, J W ^a   Klesius, P M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Catfish diseases; Flavobacterium columnare; Genomovars; Genotyping; Intergenic spacer region

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM FINGERPRINTING; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; CATFISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GENETIC FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMOVAR; GENOTYPING; INTERGENIC SPACER REGIONS; INTRA-SPECIFIC DIVERSITY;

FISH;

DNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH GENETICS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATFISH; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; TILAPIA;

EID: 3242892738     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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