Virulence, genomic features, and plasticity of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida, the causative agent of fish furunculosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Dallaire Dufresne, Stéphanie ^a,b   Tanaka, Katherine H ^a,b   Trudel, Mélanie V ^a,b   Lafaille, Andrée ^c   Charette, Steve J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Antibiotic resistance; Furunculosis; Genome; Insertion sequences; Plasmid; Type three secretion system; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FURUNCULOSIS; GENOME; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PLASMID; TYPE THREE SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; FISH DISEASES; FURUNCULOSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; SALMONIDAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84895070282     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.06.025     Document Type: Review

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