Francisella asiatica as the causative agent of piscine francisellosis in cultured tilapia (oreochromis sp.) in the united states

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 821-825

  Soto, Esteban ^a,b   Baumgartner, Wes ^a   Wiles, Judy ^a   Hawke, John P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ross University   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Francisella asiatica; granulomas; tilapia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; FRANCISELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TILAPIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FRANCISELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TILAPIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; MORONE; NEGIBACTERIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; TILAPIA;

EID: 84855928591     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711407058     Document Type: Article

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