Detection of Vibrio anguillarum by PCR amplification of the empA gene

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-296

  Xiao, P ^a,c   Mo, Z L ^a   Mao, Y X ^b   Wang, C L ^a,c   Zou, Y X ^a   Li, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Detection; EmpA gene; PCR; Vibrio anguillarum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EMPA PROTEIN, VIBRIO ANGUILLARUM; METALLOPROTEINASE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; FLATFISH; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO; VIBRIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM;

EID: 62449310523     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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