Bacterial communities associated with lesions of shell disease in the American lobster, Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 449-462

  Chistoserdov, Andrei Y ^a   Quinn, Robert A ^a   Gubbala, Sai Laxmi ^a   Smolowitz, Roxanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American lobster; Aquimarina homaria; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Enzootic shell disease; Epizootic shell disease; Homarus americanus; Impoundment shell disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; AQUIMARINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CELLULOPHAGA; CRUSTACEA; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; MARIBACTER; POLARIBACTER; PROTEOBACTERIA; TENACIBACULUM; THALASSOBIUS;

EID: 84864596161     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.031.0205     Document Type: Article

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