Phage therapy against β-hemolytic streptococcicosis of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Matsuoka, Satoru ^a   Hashizume, Takaya ^b   Kanzaki, Hiroyuki ^c   Iwamoto, Emi ^b   Park, Se Chang ^d   Yoshida, Terutoyo ^e   Nakai, Toshihiro ^b  

^a Ehime Pref Chuyo Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Saga Prefectural Genkai Fisheries Research and Development Center   (Japan)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

hemolytic streptococcicosis; Bacteriophages; Japanese flounder; Paralichthys olivaceus; Phage therapy; Streptococcus iniae

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 40449086643     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.42.181     Document Type: Article

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