A low prevalence of mycobacteria in freshwater fish from water reservoirs, ponds and farms

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 497-504

  Mrlik, V ^a   Slany, M ^a   Kubecka, J ^b   Seda, J ^b   Necas, A ^c   Babak, V ^a   Slana, I ^a   Kriz, P ^a   Pavlik, I ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Rybarstvi Velke Mezirici as ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Food safety; Mycobacteriosis; Potentially pathogenic mycobacteria; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; POND; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PONDS; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM NONCHROMOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TRIPLEX;

EID: 84862204004     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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