Spirochetes from digital dermatitis lesions in cattle are closely related to treponemes associated with human periodontitis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-181

  Choi, B K ^a   Nattermann, H ^b   Grund, S ^c   Haider, W ^d   Gobel U B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Inst fur Vet Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DERMATITIS; DNA PROBE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PHAGEDENIS; TREPONEMA VINCENTII;

EID: 0031022859     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-175     Document Type: Article

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