Clonality and diversity of the fish pathogen Lactococcus garvieae in Mediterranean countries

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5132-5137

  Eyngor, Marina ^a   Zlotkin, Amir ^b   Ghittino, Claudio ^c   Prearo, Marino ^d   Douet, Diane Gaëlle ^e   Chilmonczyk, Stefan ^f   Eldar, Avi ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c IZS State Veterinary Institute   (Italy)

^d IZS State Veterinary Institute   (Italy)

^e Grp Def Sanit Aquacole Aquacole   (France)

^f INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; STRAIN;

CLONAL STRUCTURES; CLONALITY; TROUT INDUSTRY;

CLONING;

FISH CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CLONAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ASSAY; FISH DISEASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TROUT;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; LACTOCOCCUS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 4644259196     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5132-5137.2004     Document Type: Article

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