Identity and virulence properties of Aeromonas isolates from diseased fish, healthy controls and water environment in China

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-233

  Hu, M ^a   Wang, N ^a   Pan, Z H ^a   Lu, C P ^a   Liu, Y J ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Diseased fish; Healthy fish; Virulence gene; Water

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AEROLYSIN; AEROMONAS; CYTOTOXIC; DISEASED FISH; ENTEROTOXINS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; HEALTHY FISH; HEALTHY WATER; VIRULENCE GENE; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

FISH;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; GENOTYPE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ACT GENE; AER GENE; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS ALLOSACCHAROPHILA; AEROMONAS BESTIARUM; AEROMONAS BIVALVIUM; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; AHP GENE; ALT GENE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; EPRCAI GENE; FISH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GYRB GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS VERONII; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84865338322     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03281.x     Document Type: Article

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