PCR detection and PFGE genotype analyses of streptococcal clinical isolates from tilapia in China

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 526-530

  Chen, Ming ^a,b   Li, Li Ping ^b   Wang, Rui ^b   Liang, Wan Wen ^b   Huang, Yan ^c   Li, Jian ^a   Lei, Ai Ying ^b   Huang, Wei Yi ^a   Gan, Xi ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangxi Institute of Fisheries   (China)

^c GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; PFGE; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus iniae; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FISH DISEASES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TILAPIA;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 84865648523     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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