Characterisation and virulence properties of Vibrio isolates from diseased gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) cultured in Tunisia

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 90-99

  Kahla Nakbi, A Ben ^a   Besbes, A ^a   Bakhrouf, A ^a   Alcaide, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPARUS AURATA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 34548656199     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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