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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783451303321

Autore

Buller Nicky B

Titolo

Bacteria from fish and other aquatic animals [[electronic resource] ] : a practical identification manual / / Nicky B. Buller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-86622-5

9780851999549

9786610866229

0-85199-954-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

579.3/176

Soggetti

Aquatic animals - Microbiology

Animals - Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Photographs of Culture and Microscopic Appearance of Organisms; 1 Aquatic Animal Species and Organism Relationship; 2 Bacteriological Culture Techniques: Microscopy, Culture and Identification; 3 Interpretation of Biochemical Identification Tests and Sets; 4 Biochemical Identification Tables; 5 Technical Methods; 6 Techniques for the Molecular Identification of Bacteria; 7 Preparation of Media for Culture and Identification; Further Reading and Other Information Sources; Appendix; Glossary of Terms; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This manual enables the identification of bacteria that may be found in animals (particularly fish) that inhabit the aquatic environment. The emphasis is on bacteria from farmed aquatic animals and the contents include interpretation of biochemical identification tests and sets.