Occurrence of Francisella piscicida in farmed and wild Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., in Norway

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Ottem, K F ^a   Nylund, A ^a   Isaksen, T E ^c   Karlsbakk, E ^a,b   Bergh, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Francisella piscicida; Gadus morhua; Norway; Occurrence; PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRANCISELLA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FISHERIES; FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 44949178313     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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