Francisella sp., an emerging pathogen of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), in Costa Rica

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Soto, E ^a   Hawke, J P ^a   Fernandez, D ^a   A Morales, J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Costa Rica; Emergent fish pathogen; Francisella; Granulomas; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COSTA RICA; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; FRANCISELLA; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BASE SEQUENCE; CICHLIDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COSTA RICA; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; FRANCISELLA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 67651230694     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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