Identification of Vibrio harveyi as a causative bacterium for a tail rot disease of sea bream Sparus aurata from research hatchery in Malta

Microbiological Research

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 639-648

  Haldar, S ^a   Maharajan, A ^b   Chatterjee, S ^a   Hunter, S A ^c   Chowdhury, N ^a   Hinenoya, A ^a   Asakura, M ^a,d   Yamasaki, S ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Udaya college of Arts and Science ^*  (India)

^c Aqua Biotech Group   (Malta)

^d Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Malta; Sea bream hatchery; Tail rot; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; MALTA; SEA BREAM; TAIL ROT; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

GENES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RNA;

BLOOD;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HATCHERY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERCIFORM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH INSTITUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXUDATE; EYE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALTA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEA BREAM; TAIL; VIBRIO; VIBRIOSIS;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; EYE; FISH DISEASES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEA BREAM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIL; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MALTA;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPARUS AURATA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 78049447645     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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