Mauve Stingers (Pelagia noctiluca) as carriers of the bacterial fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum

Aquaculture

Volumn 311, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 255-257

  Delannoy, Christian M J ^a   Houghton, Jonathan D R ^b   Fleming, Nicholas E C ^b   Ferguson, Hugh W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Disease; Fish; Gills; Jellyfish; Vectors

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; CAGE CULTURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JELLYFISH; LESION; PATHOGEN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SALMONID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; PHIALELLA QUADRATA; SCYPHOZOA; TENACIBACULUM MARITIMUM;

EID: 78651517256     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.11.033     Document Type: Article

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