Mycobacteriosis in zebrafish colonies

ILAR Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Whipps, Christopher M ^a   Lieggi, Christine ^b   Wagner, Robert ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Disinfection; My cobacterium chelonae; My cobacterium marinum; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium haemophilum; Surveillance; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873451952     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: 19306180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.53.2.95     Document Type: Article

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