Microbial Diversity and Potential Pathogens in Ornamental Fish Aquarium Water

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Katherine F ^a   Schmidt, Victor ^a,b   Rosen, Gail E ^a,c   Amaral Zettler, Linda ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SCHUBERTII; AEROMONAS VERONII; ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GOLDFISH; GYRINOCHEILUS AYMONIERI; LEGIONELLA BIRMINGHAMENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETES; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO MIMICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GOLDFISH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODE ISLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS SCHUBERTII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CARASSIUS AURATUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GYRINOCHEILIDAE; GYRINOCHEILUS AYMONIERI; LEGIONELLA BIRMINGHAMENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PISCES; PLANCTOMYCETES; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84866140031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039971     Document Type: Article

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