Phase variation in Flavobacterium psychrophilum: Characterization of two distinct colony phenotypes

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-53

  Högfors Rönnholm, Eva ^a   Wiklund, Tom ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colony phenotype; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Phase variation; Phenotypic conversion; Surface structures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLONY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SALMONID; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; TIME;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; NEGIBACTERIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 77954104634     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02211     Document Type: Article

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