An aerolysin-like enterotoxin from Vibrio splendidus may be involved in intestinal tract damage and mortalities in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.), and cod, Gadus morhua L., larvae

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-167

  Macpherson, H L ^a   Bergh, O ^b,c   Birkbeck, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerolysin; Gadus morhua; Gut microflora; Larval rearing; Scophthalmus maximus; Vibrio splendidus; Vibrioaerolysin

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYTIC AGENT; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH DISEASE; FLATFISH; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; GADUS MORHUA; GENE ORDER; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; INTESTINES; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; VIBRIO;

AEROMONAS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; ROTIFERA; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

EID: 84855790000     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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