Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of fish-borne Flavobacterium johnsoniae-like isolates from aquaculture systems in South Africa

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-30

  Flemming, Leonard ^a   Rawlings, Douglas ^a   Chenia, Hafizah ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Flavobacterium spp; Genotyping

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 33846840967     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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