Molecular investigation of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from environmental samples and fish specimens during a massive fish kill in Kuwait Bay

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2500-2504

  Jafar, Qasem A ^a   Sameer, Al Zinki ^b   Salwa, Al Mouqati ^b   Samee, Al Amad ^b   Ahmed, Al Marzouk ^b   Faisal, Al Shanfi ^a  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fish infections; Molecular characterization; RAPD; S. agalactiae

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GENETICS; KIDNEY; KUWAIT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; KIDNEY; KUWAIT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 57749098820     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2500.2504     Document Type: Article

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