Photorhabdus insect-related (Pir) toxin-like genes in a plasmid of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, the causative agent of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) of shrimp

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-40

  Han, Jee Eun ^a   Tang, Kathy F J ^a   Tran, Loc H ^b   Lightner, Donald V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Early mortality syndrome; Extracellular toxins; PCR; Penaeidae; PirAB genes; Plasmid sequence analyses; Vibrio infection

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; MASS MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PROTEOMICS; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; PENAEIDAE; PHOTORHABDUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PENAEIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PENAEIDAE; PLASMIDS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84922563868     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02830     Document Type: Article

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