The evolving story of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clade members detected in fish

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 509-520

  Kaattari, I M ^a   Rhodes, M W ^a   Kaattari, S L ^a   Shotts, E B ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Differentiation; Fish; Genetic analysis; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis clade

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; MYCOLACTONE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; FISH; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MORONE SAXATILIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHESAPEAKI; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PSEUDOSHOTTSII; MYCOBACTERIUM SHOTTSII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PISCES;

EID: 33748344277     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2006.00744.x     Document Type: Review

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