Limited prevalance of gaffkaemia (Aerococcus viridans var. homari) isolated from wild-caught European lobsters Homarus gammarus in England and Wales

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-167

  Stebbing, P D ^a   Pond, M J ^a   Peeler, E ^a   Small, H J ^b   Greenwood, S J ^c   Verner Jeffreys, D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerococcus viridans; Bacteria; Homarus americanus; Homarus gammarus; Lobster

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BASELINE SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INFECTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOBSTER FISHERY; VIRULENCE; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; ENGLAND; NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WALES;

AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMARUS; HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; NEPHROPIDAE;

AEROCOCCUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHROPIDAE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AEROCOCCUS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; NEPHROPIDAE; WALES;

EID: 84865675129     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02491     Document Type: Article

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