Ulcerative enteritis in Homarus americanus: Case report and molecular characterization of intestinal aerobic bacteria of apparently healthy lobsters in live storage

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-135

  Battison, Andrea L ^a   Després, Béatrice M ^a   Greenwood, Spencer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Homarus americanus; Intestinal bacteria; Lobster; Ulcerative enteritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHROPIDAE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MALE; NEPHROPIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FLAVOBACTERIUM; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; LUTIBACTER LITORALIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SERRATIA; UNCULTURED PROTEOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SP.;

EID: 52049105366     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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