Identification of Aerococcus Viridans by Means of Co-Agglutination

Gaffkemia, which has recently been reviewed by Stewart & Rabin (1970) and by Stewart (1975), is a fatal bacterial disease of the American and European lobster (Homarus americanus and Homarus vulgaris) (Snieszko & Taylor 1947). The causal agent, first classified as Gaffkya homari (Hitchner &a...

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Published in:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Main Authors: Saxegaard, Finn, Hâstein, Tore
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 1978
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366385/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/570351
https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547600
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Summary:Gaffkemia, which has recently been reviewed by Stewart & Rabin (1970) and by Stewart (1975), is a fatal bacterial disease of the American and European lobster (Homarus americanus and Homarus vulgaris) (Snieszko & Taylor 1947). The causal agent, first classified as Gaffkya homari (Hitchner & Snieszko 1947), is now classified as Aerococcus viridans (Williams et aL 1953, Buchanan & Gibbons 1974).