Virulence of Vibrio harveyi possessing a transferable chloramphenicol resistance determinant to larvae of Indian white shrimp Fenneropenaeus indicus (Decapoda)

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Abraham, T Jawahar ^a  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol resistance determinant; Fenneropenaeus indicus; Luminous bacteria; Penaeid shrimp; Vibrio harveyi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; ENZYME; LARVA; VIRULENCE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; PENAEIDAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33845631189     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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