Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the agent of porcine intestinal spirochetosis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 206-215

  Trott, Darren J ^a   Stanton, Thaddeus B ^b   Jensen, Neil S ^b   Duhamel, Gerald E ^c   Johnson, John L ^d   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLOBIOSE; CYTOSINE; FRUCTOSE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; GUANINE; HIPPURIC ACID; MALTOSE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NUCLEASE S1; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRACHYSPIRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; SWINE DISEASE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INNOCENS; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; SPIROCHAETALES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030070022     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-206     Document Type: Article

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