Serological differentiation of streptococcus parauberis strains isolated from cultured japanese flounder in Japan

Fish Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Kanai, Kinya ^a   Yamada, Miyuki ^a   Meng, Fei ^a   Takahashi, Ichirou ^b   Nagano, Taizo ^c   Kawakami, Hidemasa ^d   Yamashita, Azumi ^d   Matsuoka, Satoru ^e   Fukuda, Yutaka ^f   Miyoshi, Yasuyuki ^f   Takami, Ikuo ^g   Nakano, Heiji ^h   Hirae, Tatsumu ⁱ   Shutou, Kimihiro ^j   Honma, Toshio ^j  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hamada Regional Office of Fisheries Affairs   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA PREFECTURAL FISHERIES EXPERIMENTAL STATION   (Japan)

^d Ehime Prefectural Fish Disease Control Center   (Japan)

^e Ehime Prefectural Chuyo Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^f Oita Prefectural Agriculture   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES   (Japan)

^h Kumamoto Prefectural Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

ⁱ Kagoshima Prefectural Fisheries Technology and Development Center   (Japan)

^j Bio Science Co Ltd   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Capsule; Paralichthys olivaceus; Serotype; Streptococcicosis; Streptococcus parauberis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POSIBACTERIA; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARAUBERIS;

EID: 65649096418     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.44.33     Document Type: Article

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