Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of fish pathogen, Nocardia seriolae, isolated in Taiwan

Aquaculture

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Shimahara, Yoshiko ^a   Huang, Yun Fen ^a   Tsai, Ming An ^a   Wang, Pei Chi ^a   Yoshida, Terutoyo ^b   Lee, Jian Lin ^a,c   Chen, Shih Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Livestock Disease Control Center of Chiayi County   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alpha glucosidase; API ZYM; Epidemiology; Fish pathogen; Nocardia seriolae; PFGE; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; TELEOST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS; LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; LUTJANUS ERYTHROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGILIDAE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SERIOLAE; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SERRANIDAE; TERAPON; TERAPON JARBUA; TRACHINOTUS BLOCHII;

EID: 67651113869     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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