Flavobacterium columnare chemotaxis to channel catfish mucus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-220

  Klesius, Phillip H ^a   Shoemaker, Craig A ^a   Evans, Joyce J ^a  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoattractant; Fish mucus; Flavobacterium columnare; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHANNEL CATFISH; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GILL; INTESTINE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GILLS; ICTALURIDAE; MUCUS; SKIN; VIRULENCE;

FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 53949118939     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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