Characterization and experimental infection of Vibrio harveyi isolated from diseased Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer)

Malaysian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-115

  Ransangan, Julian ^a   Lal, Tamrin Mohammad ^a   Al Harbi, Ahmed H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b Natural Resources and Environment Research Institute Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asian seabass; Vibrio harveyi; Vibriosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865554838     PISSN: 22317538     EISSN: 18238262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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