Actinobacillus suis strains isolated from healthy and diseased swine are clonal and carry apxICABD(var. suis) and apxIICA(var. suis) toxin genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1131-1137

  Van Ostaaijen, J ^a   Frey, J ^b   Rosendal, S ^a   MacInnes, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS SUIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031003120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1131-1137.1997     Document Type: Article

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