Outbreaks of an ulcerative and haemorrhagic disease in Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus caused by Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. smithia

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Goldschmidt Clermont, E ^a   Hochwartner, O ^b   Demarta, A ^c   Caminada, A P ^c   Frey, J ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Institute of Microbiology ^*  (Austria)

^c Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. Smithia; Arctic char; Bacterial septicaemia; Ulcerative, haemorrhagic disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; GENE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SALMONID CULTURE; SECRETION; SKIN DISORDER; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROUT; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROUT; VIRULENCE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. SMITHIA; AEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 70349448264     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02110     Document Type: Article

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