First isolation and characterization of Lactococcus garvieae from Brazilian Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), and pintado, Pseudoplathystoma corruscans (Spix & Agassiz)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 943-951

  Evans, J J ^a   Klesius, P H ^a   Shoemaker, C A ^a  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolog Microlog ; Brazil; Lactococcus garvieae; Pintado; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CATFISH; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CATFISHES; CICHLIDS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LACTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 70350141737     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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