Emerging new multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii associated with snakehead Channa striatus eye infection

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 548-553

  Rauta, P R ^a   Kumar, Kuldeep ^a   Sahoo, P K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Channa striatus; Drug resistant; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHANNA STRIATA;

EID: 80053592418     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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