Nocardiosis in snakehead, Ophiocephalus argus Cantor

Aquaculture

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 54-60

  Wang, G L ^a,b   Xu, Y J ^a   Jin, S ^a   Zhu, J L ^a   Yuan, S P ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Characterization; China; Nocardia; Pathogenicity; Snakehead

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PERCIFORM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHANNA ARGUS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SERIOLAE; NOCARDIA SP.;

EID: 34548228862     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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