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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus×O. aureus)
2016-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks of streptococcal infection in cultured hybrid tilapia in Saudi Arabia occurred annually since 1992, causing significant economic losses in the aquaculture industry. Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS), the etiological agent of streptococcosis in fish, is an important bacterial fish pathogen causing significant morbidity and mortality of cultured and wild fish worldwide. Outbreaks of S....
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- Literature Corpus work
- fc42a816-cd6d-534a-a77e-daa88b751fd3
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.07.036
