Virulence attenuation of capsular polysaccharide-deleted mutants of Streptococcus iniae in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Shutou, Kimihiro ^a   Kanai, Kinya ^a   Yoshikoshi, Kazuma ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule; Chemiluminescence; Macrophage; Paralichthys olivaceus; Streptococcus iniae; Tn916; Transposon mutagenesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 34250185691     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.42.41     Document Type: Article

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