Virulence genes, serobiotypes and antibiotic resistance profile of Escherichia coli strains isolated from aquaculture and other sources

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1003-1014

  Alagarsamy, Surendraraj ^a   Thampuran, Nirmala ^a   Joseph, Toms C ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquaculture farms; E. coli; PCR; Virulence marker

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868523127     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02384.x     Document Type: Article

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