Morphology of spiroplasmas in the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis associated with tremor disease

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 630-635

  Wang, Wen ^a,b   Chen, Jianxiu ^a   Du, Kaihe ^b   Xu, Zaikuan ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jiangsu Freshw Fish Res Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese mitten crab; Eriocheir sinensis; Morphology; Spiroplasma; TEM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALCULATION; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SPIROPLASMA; STAINING; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHINA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; SPIROPLASMA; TREMOR;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 4544358441     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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