Francisella halioticida sp. nov., a pathogen of farmed giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) in Japan

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1044-1056

  Brevik, O J ^a   Ottem, K F ^a   Kamaishi, T ^b   Watanabe, K ^a   Nylund, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abalone; discus discus; Francisella sp.; gigantea; halioticida; Haliotis

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA; SHELLFISH;

16S RRNA GENE; ABALONE; DISCUS DISCUS; DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FRANCISELLA SP.; GIGANTEA; HALIOTICIDUM; HALIOTIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; TAXONOMIC STATUS;

MOLLUSCS;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ABALONE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA HALIOTICIDA; FRANCISELLA NOATUNENSIS; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; JAPAN; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

JAPAN;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS; HALIOTIS GIGANTEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 80054684937     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05133.x     Document Type: Article

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