Molecular typing of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from fish

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Olivares Fuster, O ^a   Klesius, P H ^b   Evans, J ^b   Arias, C R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Fish streptococcosis; Genotyping; Internal spacer region by single strand conformation polymorphism; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 41049085195     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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