Lytic bacteriophages specific to Flavobacterium columnare rescue catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.) from columnaris disease

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Prasad, Yogendra ^a   Arpana, ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a M J P ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; C. Batrachus; Cohmoaris disease; Flavobacterium columnare

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HATCHING; HOST RANGE; INOCULATION; PATHOGENICITY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLARIAS BATRACHUS; DNA VIRUSES; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; PISCES;

EID: 79956331430     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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