Phage specificity of the freshwater fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7868-7872

  Laanto, Elina ^a   Sundberg, Lotta Riina ^a   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINNISH; FISH FARMS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER FISHES; PHAGE THERAPY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

FRESH WATER; VIRUS DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FINLAND; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; FINLAND; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FINLAND;

EID: 83155161223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05574-11     Document Type: Article

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