Differentiating 16S rRNA alleles of Flavobacterium psychrophilum using a simple PCR assay

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Ramsrud, A L ^a   LaFrentz, S A ^a   LaFrentz, B R ^b   Cain, K D ^a,b   Call, D R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial coldwater disease; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Rainbow trout fry syndrome

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 33847744177     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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