Naturally occurring bacteraemia in American lobsters, Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards, in Long Island Sound

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Bartlett, S L ^a   Wooster, G A ^a   Sokolowski, M S ^b   Dove, A D M ^b   Bowser, P R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bacteraemia; Bacteria; Haemolymph; Infection; Lobster

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHROPIDAE; PATHOGENICITY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; NEPHROPIDAE; NEW YORK; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 37249052347     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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