Phage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Laanto, Elina ^a,b   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a,b   Laakso, Jouni ^a,c   Sundberg, Lotta Riina ^a,b  

^a Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GLIDING MOTILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIQUID CULTURE; MORPHOTYPE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SALMON; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871769684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053157     Document Type: Article

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